you might want to try the hot spray that my neighbor uses.................in a spray bottle put some water to fill and hot sauce.....taste to see if it is hot on your tongue.....okay so now you know how many drops............add 2 tablespoons of dawn and spray on under around............spray until it drips........try to get under the leaves.............they will not like this..............any old black, red or white ground pepper a year old is still spicy but not considered fresh..........put that on the ground under the plant............also in one of those catalogs that come around is something called a squirrel chaser.