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["Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>]

I have terrible problems with chipmunks and strawberries. They take a bite
out of the ripening berries and throw the rest of the berry on the sidewalk
or lawn.  By accident I came across a solution.  I sprayed the plants with a
heavy mixture of kelp and fish meal emulsion to boost production.  The odor
drove the chipmunks away.  No damaged berries.  When the odor abated, they
came back.  So I sprayed again with a very diluted mix that  still had
plenty of aroma.  It seems to work.
Doreen Howard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 7:46 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] pests: currants


> The chipmunks are stripping the green berries off my currants again this
> year.  Two years ago, they removed the entire crop.  Last year, for
> whatever reason they left the currants alone.  Today I came home to a
> small pile of green fruit on my back steps.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Ginda
>
> eastern Mass., zone 6
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