Rabbit repellent?

[Cameramonkey]

Its WAR!

first sign: my healthiest tomato plant chewed off last weekend.

Tonight I found the makings of a nest at the end of my kale row... Pit dug in and grass clippings piled into the hole.

Any ideas of how to repel the tasty little bastards?

 

[Snapdragon]

I call my rabbit repellent Lucy. She's the sweetest, most gentle dog ever... until she sees a rabbit or a rabbit hole.

I guess she doesn't really repel, but she'd keep your yard free of rabbits. And you'd save on dog food.

Ok, so I've got nothing useful. This may or may not be helpful. 3 Ways to Get Rid of Rabbits - wikiHow

 

[Hexlobular]

Rural King has granules you scan scatter around your garden for pests. It contains cayenne pepper as a main ingredient. I have a small garden and used it 4 or 5 times throughout the year. It worked well, but needs to be reapplied if you get a lot of rain.

 

[foxxie02]

22lr great rabbit repellent

 

[jath08]

For when you cant use a 22lr due to neighbors proximity or living inside city limits a Gamo pellet gun or any high power pellet gun will do the trick.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Chicken wire stapled to wooden stakes will keep them out, pretty cheaply.

 

[Snapdragon]

Chicken wire stapled to wooden stakes will keep them out, pretty cheaply.

Yeah, I did something similar with my potted tomato plants to keep the squirrels. If you don't have a huge number of plants (and you might) you could just make a cylinder of chicken wire and set it around the plant. I just cut it and twisted the ends together.

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

My dad used to pay a visit to the barber shop and get bags of swept up hair clipping and spread them in the garden. I'm guessing the smell of human would keep critters out.

 

[Snapdragon]

Now that you mention it, a long time ago, one of my friends once asked me for a bag of dog hair to put in her garden.

 

[Justus]

Its WAR!

first sign: my healthiest tomato plant chewed off last weekend.

Tonight I found the makings of a nest at the end of my kale row... Pit dug in and grass clippings piled into the hole.

Any ideas of how to repel the tasty little bastards?

I agree with the chicken wire but I'd take it high enough to repel deer.
We lost 20 tomato plants to 3 does last year.
I've seen small does hop a 4' chainlink fence with hardly any effort.

 

[findingZzero]

We used to have rabbits. Now we have owls and no rabbits. Hawks and owls.

 

[armedhoosier451]

22lr great rabbit repellent

+1

 

[littletommy]

I've always heard that marigolds keep rabbits and other pests away. I have lots of them planted in my raised beds, and I never have pest problems.

 

[Shiver]

Concentrated Garlic oil does a pretty decent job of keeping critters out of the yard.

Unless you live close to little Italy.

 

[1911ly]

Get some blood meal. You can get it at most home and garden supply places. Works like a champ. They can't stand the smell.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I got a roll of 36-inch high plastic fencing and split it in half. Then I put that up on wood stakes around the greens and nary a rabbit has ever foiled it. I've found that rabbits are only a problem early in the season.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I bet this would work.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I bet this would work.

Well, a Boxer, two other visiting dogs including a Terrier mix and another monkey with both plastic guns and a 1911 dont repel them. So unless you can be my monkey sentry 24/7, I dont think that would help.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I bet this would work.

And, it would keep those darn kids from cutting across the yard.

 

[Enkrypter]

Get some blood meal. You can get it at most home and garden supply places. Works like a champ. They can't stand the smell.

+1 I used to work for a nursery and this is what we sold blood meal for.

Marigolds also work well. My dad has a few out with his tomato plants this year and has not had any issues thus far, despite the rampant increase in rabbit population this year.