Have you had any success spreading hot pepper flakes (or an extra coarse grind) around tomato plants (to ward off varmints?)
Hot pepper powders, applied generously, seem to help, but any rain at all and they are mostly gone. Plus I have to wear a N95 mask to apply them, or I sneeze up a storm of my own.
I’m heading to Walmart, today. Mandan is leaving with the crew for his ‘All Expenses Paid Canadian Bear Hunt’ on Friday, so I will keep some ‘Critter Ridder’ on deck in case having him staked out there for a few days (he has water and shade) doesn’t do the trick.
I have heard of putting hot pepper in with the bird seed to repel the squirrels. Might do that, too.