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Every day two or three squirrels hatch a plan, then they descend on my garden escaping with a few tomatoes. Sometimes big tomatoes, sometimes little tomatoes. There are a lot of chewed up tomatoes on the ground at times.

I'm thinking of putting up those corn feeders that squirrels nibble on during my peak tomato harvest.

My garden is enclosed on all sides except the top
I have tried putting bowls of water in the garden in case they are thristy
I've tied dryer sheets around the plants and going through a lot of dryer sheets
I have a few Compact Discs spinning in between plants
I have been wrapping as many tomatoes in bug netting. Sometimes the tomatoes will still have dents as they try to bit through the netting and sometimes they unwrap the netting and still get to the fruit.

My last straw attempt I mixed a large batch of hot pepper spray of garlic and cayenne and have been walking around spraying the tomatoes and plants.

There was the large top of a tomato half eaten on the ground that I was going to use as the photo for this post (this is just clip art, not the actual squirrel that is eating my crops). I saw it on the ground after they hopped away leaving just the top uneaten. I think it was one of my prized MI Golds. I sprayed it heavily with my cayenne garlic spray.

Later that day the came back and ate that too. So, I don't think the spice is working.

I'm going to have to spend a ton of time wrapping every tomato carefully or try something else.

I am really thinking of putting some additional food sources out there but also fear I may attract even more squirrels.

Thanks for your help gardeners!

I must have 10 to 20 healthy eggplant in my garden. In my area the heat wave just started, we're at 97 degrees, I watered heavily last night.

Today I noticed two plants in distress. Did I miss them when watering? Pests? Did I burn them with fertilizer I recently put down?

Leaves are curled but not crispy dry. Some small flea holes, some white stuff on one of the curled leaves.

Thank you gardening family❤️❤️❤️

I have a tomato plan that has two sides that mirror each other and the small stem with the tomato buds are coming out in between the two main stems, almost making the buds look like a sucker growth.

I guess i'm just going to leave this plan alone and grow with the two stems like this unless someone has some expert advice.

Thank you gardening fam!

I've been on top of suckers this year but note that a few plants have split into what looks like two main branches, both branches are starting to flower.

Should I just leave it or cut one off?
Should I have done something earlier on to prevent this?

Thanks gardening fam!

While trouble shooting my Husqvarna 315X and waiting for chat support, I thought i'd try entering the issue with my automower into Google's Gemini AI. I was pleasantly surprised that it nicely summarizes what issues my mower may be having based on my input.

I'd recommend this troubleshooting approach for people who are managing their mowers on their own and who may not be super technical.