"DoDa" wrote in
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My question is does sprinkling blood meal around trees keep
the deer from munching on them? Have had a few trees killed
over the last winter from deer feasting on them and have
replanted this year , but already one has signes of being
attacked. I have heard that putting blood meal around them
works but would like to hear from ppl here if they have
used it and if it worked before I go out and buy a ton of
the stuff.

it works... briefly. your best bet is to cage the trees until
they get large enough to survive deer damage. yes, it's
unattractive, but then so are dead overgrazed trees.
other things that work briefly are soap (Irish Spring in
particular), and hair trimmings. a large dog might help, or 8
foot electric fence around the yard perimeter (or 2 5' fences
3 to 4' apart. hard to jump across from a standstill). i'm
guessing you live in a suburban area so a nice shotgun isn't
an option?
lee