Is there any worthwhile fruit squirrels won't eat?

General Fruit Growing
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Or failing that… what are some fruits squirrels don’t seem to like much?

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I haven’t found them attacking strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, or raspberries.

That doesn’t mean they won’t eat those. I just haven’t caught them in the act.

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Squirrels here eat blueberries. Saw it with my eyes to believe it. Nothing else ripe that early in my yard so it made due, I guess.

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I’ve never had the squirrels bother watermelons.

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They eat blackberries but not blueberries at my house.

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I think depending on the season and availability they will eat almost anything from leaf buds to green fruit to seeds and nuts.

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I almost forgot to mention that they don’t even think of eating my crabapples. Don’t know if they despise them or that it is the fear that I would declare war on some bushy tails.

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Squirrels here will chew off new caneberry shoots, never mind the fruit.

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Around these parts, squirrels eat lead!:laughing:

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I used to have a squirrel-free raspberry patch. Suddenly one year to the next they started decimating it. In time I figured out it was due to all ash trees dying in the area, due to the emerald borer, around 2001-2002. They wee seeding at the same time as the raspberries were fruiting, it must have been a big loss of mast for them.

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Oranges/Lemons

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They definitely eat oranges. They take mine all the time. They leave real acid citrus like lemons/limes/kumquats.

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I think squirrels leave my currents, and gooseberry alone, but birds love them

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I even caught them stealing Thai hot peppers. Bet that was a warm winter!

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I’ve never seen them eat pears.

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They haven’t messed with my paw paws, YET!!!

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Interesting. I’ve never lost a lemon or an orange to a squirrel. Lost many oranges to tree rats, however :’(

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A neighbor watched a squirrel take all her pears when we lived in Oshkosh, WI. They haven’t bothered mine much. They do eat an occasional one only. (So far.)

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On the contrary I have had squirrels completely hollow out a watermelon ( ground squirrels specifically). I’ve had to construct cages that completely encase each individual watermelon.

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I have observed squirrels consuming oranges as their primarily liquid source – however they won’t decimate an entire tree.