It’s never happened to me before… but this year rabbits are a problem on the plot. Any advice on how to tackle them would be appreciated.
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It’s never happened to me before… but this year rabbits are a problem on the plot. Any advice on how to tackle them would be appreciated.
Hello from Florida! Sorry to hear about the rabbit problem. You might need to set up some rabbit snares (traps) for them if they continue to be pests on your plot. Glad to see you can still make jokes about this situation though. I hope it all works out for you! Anywhoo, have a GREAT week & looking forward to seeing your next video! 🙂
We also have rabbits. Getting my tomatoes. We have dogs and the rabbit had babies in a pot near back door. Dogs walked right by day after day totally unaware.
This looks heart breaking. Saying that – I have found growing items as big as possible at home helps before planting.
They are tricky little sods, but I guess we have to work with nature as we can not possibly eradicate all the 'pests'
I'm gutted for you mate, are any other plot holders affected? Does the allotment society do anything to help? By the way, I did re-run and pause the video to see your definition of rabbits and I couldn't agree more. Maybe you'll have to fill that greenhouse tent with a bunch of new stuff, not too late for some things 🙂
I boil pot of water with hot cayan pepper and garlic and spray every night sims helping but you have to do it every night if it rains….
My deer must have had a look at your video too. They did an expert job on pinching my roses, peppers and morning glories. I hope you catch/relocate your vermin soon.
Sorry to hear about the rabbit problem mate. If you get up to the plot early maybe you can catch where they are entering your plot so you can block their entry. Take care. Nick
They are a right pain.
try putting a sulphur candle under the shed, mate. it works with rats……………………brian
Oh Adam, we feel for you,all the work and time and all gone. Rabbits are a real pain and it only takes a small hole in or under a fence and their in!! I had a problem once and couldn't find the hole then, discovered it was by a blackberry bush that was pushing up the wire. The smallest hole you could find. Does any other allotment holder or someone local own a ferret!!! Tried all sorts of stuff over the years, even lion poo from the circus ( yes I'm that old) when it use to come to town. Keep going mate and don't lose your sense of humour, it helps. Jen says " your'll be like Elmer Fude now after Bugs Bunny!!!!! Me I think more Jasper Carrot after the mole!!!! Very funny if you've never seen it. Take care and if I hear of a idea I'll let you know. Rog n Jen
thank you for sharing
I know it's not funny.but your whit and dry sense of humour makes me chuckle x
Hi Adam, You know I have been there. You have to declare war! There is no one solution. With this warm spell I am coming on to the plot very early in the morning, no one around and there they are not a care in the world. I have warrens only feet away from the plot. I used to have warrens on the plot. I only started to win when I sorted out my rabbit fence which, I check and maintain on a regular basis. I am finding my peas are OK now I use the free Waitrose coffee grounds to which my neighbours are coming round to. Best of luck Mike B
Sprinkle blood meal around the beans and peas. Rabbit won't go there.
If you want to deter them from getting into your garden:
take 1 pound of beef liver (raw), sliced and cut into small pieces. Put in blender with 2 to 3 cups of water and liquidize. Add a cup of this to a large watering can, fill watering can with water, remove the daisy from the spout of the watering can and pour a stream along your fence lines. Depending on how long the perimeter of your allotment, you may need to double the recipe. The rabbits won't cross the line. You can reapply after a month and that ought to do it for the summer.
Don't use pork liver because it stinks. You won't smell the beef liver in the soil but the herbivores do.
Once you no longer have rabbits visiting your allotment, block the gaps under your shed. Because if it's not rabbits, it'll be rats etc. You are providing animals with a sheltered place to live so there's the problem right there.
This works for mice and voles as well.
Does not work for rats or raccoons.
Hi Adam, the answer to "do they like beet root?" is YES! The rabbits have been having a field day here in our garden as well. We have gotten no peas, at all. All the of beet tops. I was able to stop them eating my celery in time to save it by covering them over with bug cloth. I was trying to save some carrot seeds, and the plants was looking lovely, about five feet tall, and, they ate the whole five feet of the two carrots that had bolted! I've put wire up along the edge of the deck to try to prevent them from getting to the side deck garden as easily, I have a cover over the newly planted corn, and I have fleece cloth around my pole beans to try to give them half the chance to grow. Plus I have also planted marigolds, basil and nasturtiums near them to "help" ward off the little bitty bunnies! Between the crazy weather and the bitty baby bunnies, I am not sure what will grow this year. Happy Gardening! Catherine
Sorry to hear that Adam. Never had to deal with that issue but you could try ferreting if you know someone that has them. The ferret will go down the hole and chase the rabbit out which can be caught and released else where or turned into rabbit pie. Alternatively you could try snaring, which I think in England can still be done without having to have an ID number which is the case up here in Scotland.
pesky varmints !! one song come to mind Adam !!
"run rabbit run rabbit run run run.
don't let the Farmer get his gun gun gun.
he'll get by with out his rabbit pie.
so run rabbit run rabbit run run run". LOL ha ha !!
thanks for sharing your knowledge and as always happy gardening !!
Oh dear rabbits ….not sure how you would sort that problem out, I have pigeon and mice that have shredded my peas I've given In on peas now.
Ill sort those for you Adam free of charge
You need a man n a ferret 2 rid you of those waskely wabbits !!!
I mentioned on FB how to rid yourself of them. Hope you try it. Works like a charm…
Aww so sorry Adam that you're still having rabbit problems. I've used a pepper spray mix as a deterrent for critters in my garden. Once the get a taste of it they don't come back. Hopefully you figure out a way to get rid of them, best of luck T
you need a very hungry Greyhound. Never had a problem with rabbits (thankfully) so I have no nuggets of wisdom for you. Good luck
I'm on my 3rd attempt with peas – this time in a raised bed and netting (a tripwire if I could – haha) not rabbits – pigeons – I grew 30 plants in the greenhouse and plated them all out, but the next day they were totally stripped! So frustrating- I feel for you.
We have lots of rabbits and groundhogs here, plus deer. I find that they will eat absolutely anything, including plants that are poisonous, and/or that they are not supposed to like. Our solution is to grow pretty much everything in some sort of a cage. You could build some out of strips of wood and chicken wire. Or drape some chicken wire over pvc hoops. With rabbits, these structures don't have to be very tall, but they do need to be either dug into the ground a bit, or have an outward facing skirting of chicken wire placed on the ground or just beneath the ground, around the bottom. Hope you can find a solution that works for you. Good luck!
have u tryed lose netting that is peged down over the holes under the shed best time is early evening
hi adam i am just digging my plot as i have only just got it .then i started watching this video , i feel so sorry for you those rabbits better run . are you going to do some more growing and what is good to start growing now .
If rabbits eat my veg it has to be ultimate pay back – I eat them . When I moved onto the current site they where a real problem but not anymore