"nospambob" wrote in message
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Wife WAS excited about the first good sized tomato ripening then one
morning recently it was gone. Possums have been seen in the
neighborhood, So. Calif. Coast, and we've spotted piles of feces and
presumed possum. Repellants for ants are suggested so I thought this
might bring someting helpful.

Are the plants too large at this point to attach to a vertical support? That
achieves a number of goals, including keeping the fruit away from small
beasts.