Tulip bulbs and chicken wire

Hello All.

Would one or more of you wonderful people kindly offer some advice on tulips and squirrels?

Last fall I planted several hundred tulips bulbs in my yard and then laid chicken wire on the ground above them to foil the many squirrels in our neighborhood. It worked, and I now have tulips sprouting everywhere. Can I remove the chicken wire now that the tulips have sprouted? Or will squirrels still find them a tasty snack? I'd like to remove it if possible, as it is ugly and may damage the bases of the larger tulip plants.

Thank you!

i did the same and removed the wire. but i don't have a lot of squirrels. some nice woman down the street feeds them :) so they hang around her house and not mine. :) i sure am grateful to that lady.
usually they smell the bulb when you plant them, from the extra skin etc that might fall around and that will attract them to the spot. from what i understand. debi z

Thank you very much Debi. I think I'll take a chance and remove the wire. I wish your neighbor would move next door to me!

lol, nope i need her right here. maybe you can give your neighbor a few houses down some squirrel food. ;)

I have a lot of squirrels too. I used wire on some, but on others I just planted tiny daffodil bulblets and that detered them They don't seem to be very interested in the tulips once they have sprouted and that disinterest continues year after year. Oh in the beginning, I also used some red pepper flakes, too.

I used moth balls planted in with the bulbs and they didn't bother mine. Someone, however, kept eating my newly planted Iris last year! They did some taste testing again after I uncovered them this Spring! They have been left alone the last few days. I hope they make it despite the bites taken out of them!

LimeyLisa Kay