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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

Bumping this thread for some advice. I live in a townhouse and I am limited in that I only have a few potted plants on my balcony. However, the neighbor beside me loves her bird feeders, peanut trays, birdbaths, etc, so it's always a zoo next door. I'm cool with that and it looks great, except the squirrels have now find out that I have plants on my balcony and are digging up the pots constantly.

I bought some mesh netting which worked fine in my previous home's garden where it had room to strech out, but with limited space here it looks stupid and squishes the plants down. My bb/pellet guns aren't really an option with neighbors being able to see what I'm doing. I have my balcony railing covered with wired mesh going around the side, but there is a tree in between mine and neighbors balcony, so the squirrels just jump over it making the wire mesh useless.

I have a cat but I can't leave him outside alone, as I don't trust him to jump up on the railing and potentially wander off. Frustrating waking up every morning seeing my plants all dug up and dirt everywhere, and that damn squirrel running off as soon as I open the balcony door before my cat can smack him. Google has some advice, but some people say it works when others laugh and say it doesn't. Does anyone have advice for this? Does the cayenne pepper trick work?

Any squirrel deterrent plants you can plant in conjunction or add to your potted plants? I think daffodils, onion and garlic might be worth a try along with the hot pepper powder trick?