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haha.. it's kinda hard question but I'll try to answer it.. squirrels often dig up tulips, take a bite out of the bulb and toss it aside.. How maddening.. I think every gardener at one time or other has suffered from this nuisance..

I recently read that adolescent squirrels can turn delinquent and start pulling bulbs from the ground for no other reason than pure teenage mischief. I'm not sure they ever grow out of it.

Some people plant tulips in cages or use chicken wire to create a barrier. Others plant allium bulbs next to the tulips and hope the onion smell will keep the squirrels away.

If you plant earlier in fall, and a little deeper, bulbs have more time to develop a stronger root system, and being deeper in the soil the bulbs also may be more difficult for squirrels to find.

Species tulips, especially smaller species types, also seem less appealing to squirrels.

I heard some other, rather bizarre ideas ,from some top British garden experts on BBC Radio such as stringing used diapers in trees and using the tail from a roadkill squirrel to train cats as predators. I am not making this up, honest

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