I mentioned a while back that we have been using Mint Extract in a spray bottle of water to keep the rats/squirrels from eating the tomatoes and sunflowers. Just spray some around the stalks and onto the veggies and it seems to fool their noses.
Just planted a bunch of new sunflower seeds yesterday. I use inverted clear plastic cups with a wood skewer pushed through a drilled hole in the bottom (which is now the top). The clear cup protects the seeds from the vermin until the plant starts to outgrow the cup.
Had some extra seeds left over so as another experiment, instead of the Mint Extract spray, I cut off some of our Mint plants that we are growing in our 28 cup hydroponic Tower Garden and spread the cut vines around where the seeds were planted.
Just an experiment but since Mint “grows like a weed” and is free, compared to the Extract, might be nice to know if simply spreading some cut Mint around the seeds, will deter the rodents.
I’ll report in...
Mint seed ?
I’d rather use that vs. .22 cal...