Re: Freakin SQUIRRELS!
It's the plants themselves. I live in North Central Florida, and here the leaves die back in winter. In spring, like now, the leaves begin coming back from the stalks. The squirrels eat the hearts out of the stalks of the brand new leaves over and over again, to the point where I think three of the plants may actually have died from this treatment.
I have tried to wrap the stalks with chicken wire, to no avail; they get their teeth thru it somehow and chew the stalks anyway.
Plus, some of the stalks are very tall, some over five feet, and it's quite difficult to wrap them. I have even tried bungee-cording screen around some of them. I am SO frustrated!!
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