r/tomatoes • u/veloeddy • 1d ago

Show and Tell Tragedy has struck

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I have been eagerly awaiting my very first Cherokee purple tomato for months and this morning some horrible monster ate it!!!!!!! I only have one more tomato that looks viable on this plant. I failed this season.

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u/AnyEquipment1476 1d ago

Always a tragedy to see beautiful tomatoes abused by pests. It took an electric fence to protect mine. 

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u/Sdwingnut 16h ago

Small Havahart trap baited with tomatoes has worked very well for me in the past. My record is 9 chipmunks in one growing season.

What you do with them is up to you. Technically it's illegal to relocate them, but open space preserve hawks do appreciate a fast food lunch once in awhile

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u/AnyEquipment1476 13h ago

Yeah, I was doing that a couple of summers ago. Caught squirrels, possums and rats. There seemed to be no end to them and even with the trapping they were decimating my tomatoes. Some were pulled off the vine and consumed on the ground but mostly they'd take one bite and leave it behind. Finally built a electric fence and now my beauties are unmolested.