Got rats

take a few buds and put them in some mouse traps.

stop using bone meal? but i like the rat genocide idea

Might try cross weaving chicken wire and setting it up around the plants .

go get one of those plastic owns with the head that rotates with a slight breeze
post it up out in the open near your plants, no rabbits, rodents or other small prey will come near it.

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Rats are smart dude. You could try some garlic cayenne spray like I use for deer and see if they decide to stop nibbling on your buds but I think if they really want to get high ther is not much you can do to stop em

I put out some traps with peanut butter bait yesturday and sprinkled some of the coyote piss pellets for the bunnies. I'm also looking at some poison that doesn't hurt predators that may eat the dead rats. Thanks for the suggestions, maybe get one of those owls, couldn't hurt I guess.

the people next door have a citris tree 4 feet from the chain link fence that separates our yards and is one side of my garden fence.i just found out it has fruit rats.not sure if thats the same that ur dealing with but i planted stuff they would eat instead of the things i really wanted.i found they like pumpkin and they really love sweet corn.it will fatten them up for the hawks to.

Went up today, three traps, two dead rats. One of the traps was 30 ft. away from were I left it. All that was left was a rat skull and about 20 yellowjackets feasting on the remains. So since I put out the traps its averaged 1 big fat dead rat a day. And no more missing buds.

frickin sweet.

this may sound stupid but look around at garden shops and buy a couple of plastic owls and put them by your plants!!! see i told you that sounds stupid....

Depending on your climate and laws around your area, maybe get some snakes (of proper predatory size) and put them around your shrubs... if you can fence them in an acre or few of land around your bushes (not sure what type of fence would work to keep snakes in, theyre pretty great escape artists) then the snakes would feed on the rats.
you'd eventually have to take the fence down though lol...

Funny you say that . I went to the novelty shop a couple days ago and bought a couple rubber snakes to dangle off of the pots. One is a cheesy looking halloween type the other is a more realistic looking corral/king snake (red on yellow kill a filthy rat). They are fake but the traps and the addition of some rat bars "ONE BITE" poison are serious biz, no joke!!!

daaaaammmn... what a fuggin post! rats? for real? anyways, outside of unleashing the ratschwitz on this vermin, you could rig up a lil sqiurrely-cage style plant guardian... right? like on of those protective collars you see on dogs when they get neutered or spayed, but upside down, protecting each plant so theres no feasible way for them to get at the goods...

also, if you got rats, growin herb is the least of your problems... imho



p.s. at least they're just rats, and not snitches... wahhhh waaaaahhhh

No, I thought about that but these are fucking olympic decathalete rats. They can jump at least 18" verticle and with a running start, long jump at least five feet. You oughta see em running through the bushes, like birds in flight. Really, really fast. And big. The first victom of the trap must have been at least a pound and a half, no shit.
A couple of major league ball players live down the street. Rats are probably gettin some anabolic roids outa the trash. Fuckin super rats. Super "dead" rats.

piatch said:

No, I thought about that but these are fucking olympic decathalete rats. They can jump at least 18" verticle and with a running start, long jump at least five feet. You oughta see em running through the bushes, like birds in flight. Really, really fast. And big. The first victom of the trap must have been at least a pound and a half, no shit.
A couple of major league ball players live down the street. Rats are probably gettin some anabolic roids outa the trash. Fuckin super rats. Super "dead" rats.

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haaaaaah damn.! thats fucking ridiculous man, do you know how they're getting in? i would say rat traps but i could see blood flying on the herb that way too... which is worse than feeding rats with it. i dont know man, good luck. try sticky pads... little cruel but damn, its not like you're stealing chron form the rats now is it?

The chicken wire idea seems like the most cost efficient and effective method to prevent animals from chewing your plants.

Any pesticides you are not sure of and really any in general may kill the good bugs while hurting the soil plus ecology all around which could hurt your plants even more. Also they can get in the air and wind from moisture transfer onto your plants which can hurt you as well.

You could make one out of thin mesh screening with stakes that are taller than their jumps and just put it around the lower growth region of the plant. Unless those guys and gals can climb - well should be alright I would guess.

You could feed the rats something else too. Like rat food from the pet store. That should keep them from munching. You could give them leaves too. Honestly you cannot kill them all and they do have a function. Obviously they are hungry and wanting attention. Also unless you see them eating your plants then you really do not know for sure if they are the true culprit.