try cantalope rind ...

and mind you.. rind... or cores..

crikey.. eat the fruit.. leave them the inedible part ... lol

the more the odor.. the faster they will become curious ...

i always wear gloves to not leave my scent ...

ken

Rabbits may like crocus and miniature tulips better than they do zinnias. Rabbits can be a problem in our rural area, but I grow zinnias with no apparent damage from them. They absolutely wiped out my kohlrabi last year. And we are growing lettuce this year, and we anticipate rabbits will like the lettuce as well.

We got a roll of 2-foot wide chicken wire, and plan to use that as a low fence around the lettuce and kohlrabi, with the idea that the rabbit will not jump the fence. For "posts" we plan to use short lengths of 1/2-inch rebar. We use re-bar for stakes in the garden anyway, because it won't rot and you can always drive it into hard soil like a nail, if you need to.

I say, plant some zinnias and see what happens.

ZM

I'd try the zinnias. I've grown them for the past three years in rabbit-infested suburbia and I haven't had any damage.

Martha

I had to replant my beans three times last year because of rabbits before I got the gaps closed in my fencing, and they still didn't care about the zinnias.

Okay, I'm convinced that it's worth a shot. I will report back on this later in the season.

Rabbits and deer eat my tall zinnias. I've tried them in beds off and on over the years. Last year's effort was a wasted as only saw three or four blooms. Hope you critters don't like them.