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Frank · 02-02-2010, 11:41 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible

On 1/24/2010 11:01 AM, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:35:24 -0800, wrote:

On Jan 24, 10:03 am, General
wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:16:57 -0800, wrote:
On Jan 24, 12:30 am, General
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On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:50:36 +0000, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:51:19 -0800, wrote:

Are there Herbs that will deter Deer from the garden?

MJ

Any guy named Herb who owns a shotgun.

On a serious note try hanging bars of Irish Spring around your
garden. I've been doing it for a couple of years but I can't really
make a statement about it's efficacy because I don't get that many
deer. I got the idea from the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National
Historical Park in Vermont, they were using it around their gardens.

I can make a statement, it didn't work at all MJ

Have you tried predator urine? I've been using Fox and Coyote urine to
keep away groundhogs and raccoons away, it seems to have worked. Once
again I can't make a scientific statement but the theory behind
predator urine seems a little better then the theory behind Irish
Spring.

Is it expensive and how often to you have to put it out? MJ

As I recall I paid $15 or $20 for each bottle (1 Fox and 1 Coyote), they
lasted all summer. The stuff I bought was essentially kitty litter that
was soaked in urine, it came in shaker bottles. I applied it about once a
month. BTW the previous year I tried dumping my cat's litter box in the
groundhog holes, it was a huge mistake. Modern scoopable litter turns
into a slurry when it gets wet and it never dries, it's essentially
quicksand. The muck was still there a year later, I expect it will be
there for many years to come. They use the old fashion stuff for the
predator urine so that wasn't a problem.

I've used fox urine as a scent mask while hunting deer. It does not
deter them. Foxes and in some places coyotes are around deer all the
time. Soap and other repellents are also largely ineffective. The only
things guaranteed to work are fences and netting.