Rabbits eating Holly Hock

Does anyone know anything I could put on my "Just comming up" Holly Hock to keep the rabbits from eating them besides using my shotgum??.
Rabbits like to eat the tender plants.
Jerry.

Would you consider a wire cage...just until the plants become more hardy? I tried planting some Lilly of the Valley...shoulda put up some protection as they are pretty much done in by the rabbits. aahhh!

Merigold.. I have used plastic clothes baskets that I bought for $1.00 each at the dollar store & I should have bought more because now they are out of them, I would cut the bottems out in case they blew over to the neighbers no one would want them.

They get old & brittle after a couple of years & when I went back to replace them they were out. Now I have to try something else.

Hello Roseman,

This may seem silly, but since we began using these on
our little guys, we have had nothing but success.

http://davesgarden.com/place/t/696389/

It keeps the critters off our babies until they are big
enough to defend themselves.

:-)

I have used red pepper [cayenne] lightly sprinkled on leaves.

I've cut the bottoms off the litter pop bottles for this purpose but wuvies is much more attractive!

Hi Meri,

Thanks. And the good thing about the glass jugs is that
they don't deteriorate or blow away with the wind.

A quick visit to your local recycling center and you will likely
find some large wine jugs. We've been using them for our
baby tomato plants, baby everything. A couple days ago I
soaked the ground, stuck in a couple seeds of sunflowers,
put the wine bottle on top and then noticed they were already
sprouting. I start all of my teeny seeds this way.

:-)

I use Plantskydd, it repels deer and rabbits and lasts several months here where there isn't much rain. I got mine from a concern in Montana, but see that is available in larger garden supply places now. Never had the little devils bother my Lilies-of-the-Valley or my hollyhocks, but just about everything else has been nibbled on.

Donna

Eat the rabbit.

Betty..If it wasn't to late in the season I would be eating Rabbit now, Plus now there is several little ones that can get through about anything.

Guess I will go to the garden center & see what they have that will help, I got to pick up another Hardy Hibiscus (Plum Crazy) so this will save me a trip.
Jerry.

LOL Wood, eat the rabbit.

Still laughing!

Actually, my husband's family, used to make little rabbit traps. they were small rectangular boxes, just big enough for a rabbit to get into. There was a trigger at the back and that is where an apple was put. The trigger made the door fall down. They put the traps just off a bunny trail and little diagonal. Bunny trails are not hard to locate. Along the edge of the cemetery where I work is a hedge of privet, trees, and weedy plants. The rabbits hide in there. There are a couple of places where you can see a small path for ingress and egress. Perfect place for a trap. The family oftentimes got their only meat during the depressing from trapping rabbits and fishing.