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Sunflowers

SarahKateSarahKate Posts: 37
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Not sure if my earlier posting re. squirrels was accepted. This was regarding squirrels taking off flower heads from sunflower plants this year after them taking the seeds last year.

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Hi @SarahKate Not sure there is very much you can do to stop a determined squirrel.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • SarahKateSarahKate Posts: 37
    Has anyone else had squirrels do this to sunflowers?    They often go for the fat-ball holder and also the bird seed.     
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    No, I had some a couple of years back, and two regular squirrels coming over for the cherries, (and to impress me by untying string), but they never showed any interest in the sunflowers. 
    A lot of animals have a very favourite food, so maybe yours were just smitten with sunflowers.

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