Fw: [CH] Banning possums
Gil White (gilbert.white@sympatico.ca)
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 23:26:15 -0400
According to one of the characters in a Spider Robinson novel, it has to be
the urine from a meat eater. Vegetarian urine doesn't keep squat away, even
when heavily laced with chiles.
Gil
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank J. Hashek <pepperking@mindspring.com>
To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 2:17 PM
Subject: [CH] Banning possums
>This will work. Haven't had experience with the coyote thing, but read (in
>Organic Gardening) a number of years ago, that the same is true of human
>urine. Being besieged by racoons in the corn patch at the time, I went out
>on a dark night ........ and the racoon damage ceased.
>
>Actually, I am envious of the person with the problem because I now have
>just a small raised bed for a few chiles and a few other plants.
>
>Running on chile power, Frank
>
>
>>Reply-To: Andie Paysinger <asenji@earthlink.net>
>>
>>There is a "product" made for training dogs - it is coyote urine
>>scent. A few drops scattered along the perimeter of your garden will
>>scare off possums (and other garden pests like rabbits and even deer).
>>The scent is strong when you first apply it but fades into the
>>background within a day (to human noses). However it is pretty potent
>>stuff and will last even through a fairly heavy rain.
>>
>>--
>>Andie Paysinger & the PENDRAGON Basenjis,Teafer,Cheesy,Singer & Player
>>asenji@earthlink.net So. Calif. USA "In the face of adversity, be
>>patient, in the face of a basenji, be prudent, be canny, be on your
>>guard!"
>>http://home.earthlink.net/~asenji/
>>
>>
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