Sprinkle bloodmeal....frequently...ands especially after a rain.
Linda C

Many believe bunnies are a problem for hosta, I do not? But I live in a rural area where animals act differently than they may in the Windy City?

I've always assumed the only reason to live in Chicago is because you have jobs.

Plant some corn. Bunnies like corn shoots a lot more than they like lettuce or hosta. Nothing can pull them away from corn. That is my experience as a country girl. My father grew melons as a way to supplement the family income. I had to work to keep the bunnies out of the melon fields. I'd rise at 4:30, grab the .22 rifle and head on down to the melon patch. I noticed that the bunnies always visited the corn patch first and only when the corn was gone, would they wend their way to the melon patch.

I convinced Dad to plant an 1/2 acre of corn, and from then on, the melon patch was completely out of the bunnies' minds.

Lainey

Believe me, EO - there is NO other reason to live in Chicago. I'll try the bloodmeal first - that's the fastest - the corn will have to wait until next year - or maybe I'll just set a few cobs out there - all shucked and ready to chomp. Maybe I'll even put them on skewers and stick 'em in the ground!

Thanks for the ideas.
Westy

You can sprinkle baby powder also.

I kept a rabbit fence up until last week. Those tender new leaves are far too tempting. I haven't seen any chewing on my hosta (knock wood).

those 3 might be manageable.. but next year.. those three will be 30 ....

get rid of them ... whatever it takes.. at whatever level you are willing to go ...

if you dont have the heart to take care of them .... look under pest management in the yellow pages... and let someone else do it .... then chicken wire the yard ...

ken

Like EO,I also live in the woods,and rabbits are not a problem here. In 2006,I even have a young rabbit that would visit me every morning,and I would talk to him,and he was not afraid of me. He would eat weeds and other things,but not hostas. I guess country rabbits are different than city rabbits! Phil

I like your attitude Phil. See my post on the gallery "weird". McT

I live in a neighborhood on the edge of the city. On one side we have Walmart, school, gas station, etc... On the other side we have fields. We have big yards and lots of trees... and MILLIONS of bunnies. I see at least 10 a day (sometimes one of them is dead... the neighbors cat still thinks I appreciate her gifts). Anyway, they don't eat my hosta. They don't even eat my lettuce or spinach. I don't know what they DO eat... but I don't care so long as hosta isn't on the list! I found a baby nesting in my coreopsis earlier this summer. We scared each other. My neighbors laughed... then I'm pretty sure the cat ate her later that evening.

Oh yeah, I don't do anything to deter them from eating, they just don't.