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title: "A squirrel dug up my ornamental sweet potato, Ipomoea! I have…"
description: "A squirrel dug up my ornamental sweet potato, Ipomoea! I have accepted this declaration of war!🤺 I’m not too mad. It gives me an excuse to buy another…"
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# A squirrel dug up my ornamental sweet potato, Ipomoea! I have…

_Sunny님이 2024-10-02에 게시함_

A squirrel dug up my ornamental sweet potato, Ipomoea! I have accepted this declaration of war!🤺 I’m not too mad. It gives me an excuse to buy another plant!😂

The local critters lost a lot of their food source both last year and this year. The 100°F heat wave of last summer and hurricane Beryl this year destroyed acorns, pine cones and palm seeds before they matured. Squirrels thrive on these and look for alternatives. Last year they dug out grub worms from lawns and gardens which is a good thing. Grubs leave destructive crop circles in the lawns. My sweet potato plant was going dormant preparing for next spring. It was easy target for a hungry squirrel.

![2개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/Cc8fArj9QtCHZqT8HMtZzw.webp?size=large)

![2개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/wefqOljjhEOiS9LRzOB1-QhxkVJiB4A5DGumXhnNrhs/cVNXvhtzSk6L4H7D00a1YQ.webp?size=large)

## 5개의 댓글

### Alyssa님이 2024-10-02에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Haha exactly, always a good reason to buy another plant. Awww poor squirrels, that sounds terrible how much their environment has changed. I’m glad it was able to find a snack, albeit it was your plant 😬 Helene ripped through our area over here pretty good in NC, and a little family of chipmunks claimed an old terracotta planter on my porch as their home during the torrential downpours. After the rain stopped, I set out a little pile of seeds and berries for them before I went to bed and it was gone by next morning lol.

#### Sunny님이 2024-10-02에 답변했습니다.

I’m sorry you went through such a rough time. It’s shocking. People had a hard time. Animals were in worst shape. The chipmucks were blessed to find refuge on your property.

### Kades님이 2024-10-02에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Your posts always crack me up 😂 sorry about your potato 😭

### TreeHugger님이 2025-11-21에 댓글을 남겼어요.

You don’t have to buy a new one! Sweet potato propagates easily. Just make a sharp cut at one of the nodes and put it in water, add a little propagation powder for extra insurance if you want

### Sunny님이 2025-11-21에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I’ve planted the ones from my house. It did well and produced two baby potatoes before the frost killed it.

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