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HopeHoops

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4. Compost them. Nightshades don't like them directly applied. As for rabbits...
Sat Feb 18, 2012, 10:44 AM
Feb 2012

... we've got them everywhere, including one in our bedroom. I got a sugar shaker (the kind they used to have in diners) from Dollar Tree and make a mix of cayenne pepper, black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. None of them are acidic. I shake it around the plants and it generally works. I also get big bottles of cheap (and not very flavorful) hot sauce, like Texas Pete's, and put that around the perimeter. Do NOT let that get on the plants and don't spread it too close to them because it is vinegar-based. They don't like the smell.

Rain is the biggest problem with those deterrents. Fortunately I have two dogs that love to chase bunnies (other than our own). Both can catch them, but they don't hurt them - just scare the shit out of them. The dogs know to use the walkways and not run through the beds so it works out well.

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