I have potted plants on my porch. The squirrels will not leave them alone. What can I do to keep them out?

They eat the roots of some of the plants and bury pecans from the pecan tree in the pots of some. Then, I have pecan trees growing in my flower pots. Please don't tell me to get cats because I had cats and they sleep in the flower pots which destroy the plants in a whole different way...I need something to keep all critters out of my flowers!!!

I have potted plants on my porch. The squirrels will not leave them alone. What can I do to keep them out?
Use Moth balls.lay them around the soil,not in the soil but around it.They wont go around them,that is what my grandma uses for her plants to keep squirrels,cats,dogs,anything from getting in her flower pots.
Reply:Poison the squirrels. I promise they won't come back.
Reply:mothballs.
Reply:Cayenne pepper sprinkled on the soil around the plants.
Reply:bb gun
Reply:YOU CAN BY SPECIAL PLANTS THAT KEEP SQUIRREL AWAY I HAVE ONE
Reply:Lead works.
Reply:Blood meal scattered around the plants sometimes works, smells better than moth balls, and feeds the plants.





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You can also take some screening, cut it to fit over the soil, plus an inch to tuck in at the edges. Add a few garden staples. It prevents them from digging if done well.