Growing Chilli peppers, also Hot peppers

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06 Jul 09 Anne (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I'm having terrible trouble with possums eating my chillies (leaves & fruit - even habaneros!). I now have a small greenhouse but it's not big enough for all the varieties I want to grow. Does anyone have experience with a possum deterrent? I've tried various over-the-counter so-called deterrents and all have been crap. Did a Google search & ended up on a CSIRO site where they suggested a home made spray made of, guess what, chillies! Needless to say I didn't bother with that one!
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31 May 13 Paige (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Im also having alot of trouble with possums. They are eating all my vegie plants as well as my snap dragons and other flowers. I have tried fencing and nets but they still manage to diestroy my plants
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27 May 11 Sarah (Australia - tropical climate)
I had the same problem. I netted the garden thinking it was possums, but I caught rats in the netted sections several times. One night they ate over 60 ripe chillis and all my halerpinos. I got a cat shortly after, and she brought in a lot of rats at first. As the rats declined, the chillis increased. I now have a full pot of them, and they are now un-netted.
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