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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comSomething is eating my sweet potato vine. I thought it might be a ground hog bu I raised it up higher on crates. It is unlikely to be a deer. In July, something ate all the leaves. They grew back and seemed to be fine. When I went to bed last night, it was fine. This morning all the leaves were gone. Just stems. What to do?
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[2] http://web.extension.illinois.edu/wildlife/directory_show.cfm?species=woodchuck: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/wildlife/directory_show.cfm?species=woodchuck
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1 Comment To "Sweet Potato Vine (Sweet Caroline)"
#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 09/20/2017 @ 8:02 am
I’m sorry that you are having this problem. Animal pests are a difficult problem for any gardener. Groundhogs, aka woodchucks, actually can climb like squirrels, and they eat gardens hungrily, so they are still a possibility. Rabbits, mice, and ground squirrels are also possibilities. Enclosing plants in metal mesh cages can be very helpful, even if you just enclose a few feet near the ground, at least for some animals. Here are some articles that may help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/animals/keep-rabbits-out-of-gardens.htm [1]
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/wildlife/directory_show.cfm?species=woodchuck [2]