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Prairie Du Sac Wi

one of my best looking fruits now has a nickle sized whole in it about 1\4 inch deep. will the fruit be ok or should i cull it and try a set a new one . the fruit is only 18" around . also what can i do to keep the animals from eating my fruit. please HELP!!!!!

7/5/2012 12:22:13 AM

Muddy Waters

That shouldn't hurt it*(melon).Get a live trap & put a nice red mater in it or some ripe cantalope.If you can find there path in the weeds put the trap on there path.

7/5/2012 5:14:59 AM

sevierville, Tn

i would try to set 1st before culling. depends on how much time you have till your weighoff. the hole may be ok, hard to say without seeing.

7/5/2012 5:52:29 AM

Muddy Waters

Play a radio in the patch! If you have to go to work and family members are home,have them watch for the wood chuck or rabbit,so you can figure out whats doing it.Get some chicken wire & put a fence around the fruit,or build a box to set over fruit I grew my 191 in a wooden box 2 years ago.I would bet a woodchuck.

7/5/2012 6:00:02 AM

Muddy Waters

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=145232 check this out

7/5/2012 6:02:58 AM

Muddy Waters

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=144909 You asked for Help,LOL!

7/5/2012 6:05:11 AM

Muddy Waters

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=141085

7/5/2012 6:08:58 AM

Bethlehem CT

The birds have been pecking holes in my pumpkins and melons. I have to cover the melons as soon as I see them.

7/5/2012 8:14:32 AM

Prairie Du Sac Wi

thanks for all the ideas. im trying them all. i also picked up a ultrasonic animal repeller. my daughter coverd her ears and ran. im not sure how she can hear it. i cant here it at all. maybe she is a superhero!!!! LOL

7/5/2012 11:17:34 AM

Rochester, Minnesota

Kids hear ranges of sounds that adults can not hear.

7/9/2012 10:27:55 AM

formerly RGG

I knew the voles were chewing on my melon vines some but had not seen any sign of it until this morning. I knew it was happening because it has been hot and dry and my cats keep bringing dead ones onto my front porch to show to me. I was removing the landscaping fabric from around my 285 Edwards this morning and noticed some of it's vines had chew marks on them. I have removed melon after melon from the 285 due to poor shapes and now have a nice long one set. It should be my first long melon since my 207 in 2009. It was 39.5" long and 207 pounds when the vine went down at 60 days. It may take a miracle to keep the stump healthy on this one but I want to give the plant a lot better chance to root. You just can't have a long fat melon without the long part and if your melon is not long it isn't going to be a top melon. This one is a little late but I am excited about it. I hope the vine lasts and I am able to fatten it up by early October. I hope to take this melon to the Allardt weigh-off.

7/12/2012 10:13:28 AM

Hampstead, NC 28443

I discoved a few marks, put out 4 containers of mouse and rat poison. Came back next day, 2 of the containers were mostly empty and some missing in the others. Hope it does the trick.

7/12/2012 2:45:38 PM