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Gardening

Botany

(75,103 posts) Sat Jul 26, 2025, 10:12 AM Jul 26

Got the ground hog. Clintonville area of Columbus. It has taken over a month to catch it. [View all]

Although I am still going to leave the screening up around the H2 O melons. He or she chewed the hell
out of them about 3 weeks ago but they are coming back.* They really are hot weather plants and
can grow 6” a day easy. Late August/early September for the melons to be ripe. A bunch of flowers now.

* the wood chuck isn’t

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Got the ground hog. Clintonville area of Columbus. It has taken over a month to catch it. [View all] Botany Jul 26 OP

And another woodchuck will probably replace the other. 58Sunliner Jul 26 #1

I trap and move them. It does work, for me if not for them Easterncedar Jul 26 #2

I know a lot about science, ecology, ecosystems, horticulture, and population dynamics Botany Jul 26 #6

You are right, and I know it Easterncedar Jul 26 #9

LOL Kali Jul 26 #10

What are you going to do with it? Sanity Claws Jul 26 #3

" What are you going to do with it?" Botany Jul 26 #7

Which horrifies Kali Jul 26 #11

I release all the possums, skunks, raccoons, and even feral cats* I catch Botany Jul 26 #12

when I first started dealing with skunks I tried releasing them Kali Jul 26 #13

Rats are real problem here too. Botany Jul 26 #14

He certainly won't be back Sanity Claws Jul 26 #15

Prayers are sometimes answered. usonian Jul 26 #4

Groundhogs Suck tonkatoy8888 Jul 26 #5

A live trap (have a heart) baited with apples, melon, or peaches usually does the job Botany Jul 26 #8