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Deer repellant?
Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants.
What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. |
Deer repellant?
tenplay wrote:
Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. There is a motion detecting water sprinkler that might work. Carl -- to reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) |
Deer repellant?
On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:34:09 -0700, tenplay wrote:
Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. Dog, electric fence, blood meal. Once deer have tasted your plants they will be back for more! |
Deer repellant?
I've heard that human male urine "applied" at about waist-height works
very well but has to be replenished after each heavy rain. It also has to be urine from men who have not had vasectomies. How about a beer party at your house? |
Deer repellant?
Carl 1 Lucky Texan wrote: tenplay wrote: Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. There is a motion detecting water sprinkler that might work. Carl Sprinkler may work but only physical barriers, electic fences or loose dogs will deter deer. They get used to odors like human urine and substances must be reapplied after rain. Netting around critical plants works for me. They could easily trample it down but do not. Neighbor was sold some expensive fox urine guaranteed to work. It did not. I told her she was gyped as I've used fox urine as odor mask while deer hunting. Frank |
Deer repellant?
"tenplay" wrote in message
. .. Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. Are you trying to protect vegetables, ornamentals, or both? |
Deer repellant?
make that a really big dog. a (probably mom) deer tried to make toe jam outta my
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Deer repellant?
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"tenplay" wrote in message . .. Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. Are you trying to protect vegetables, ornamentals, or both? I'm trying to protect annuals and perennials, not vegetables. Appreciate all the helpful responses. |
Deer repellant?
"tenplay" wrote in message
. .. JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "tenplay" wrote in message . .. Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. Are you trying to protect vegetables, ornamentals, or both? I'm trying to protect annuals and perennials, not vegetables. Appreciate all the helpful responses. OK. If vegetables were the issue, caging is the solution for some. For ornamentals, you might be able to protect some of them using chicken wire barriers, which, with enough foliage around, can be inconspicuous from normal viewing distances. I'm not talking about surrounding an entire garden with it. Rather, you can use small pieces to protect plants that seem to be on the menu most often. For instance, the deer were munching the unopened buds from my daylillies. So, I put a green stake in the ground next to each plant, and attached a hoop of chicken wire surrounding the flower stalks. I cut some of the chicken wire to lots of pointy things were sticking out. No more damage. Same with the gerbera daisies. If your state is like NY, it is legal (with certain requirements) to kill destructive animals. IIRC, they must be destroying a food garden, or ornamentals grown as part of your livelihood. Obviously, you can't be shooting deer in typical neighborhoods, but if you're out in the sticks, this may be an option. Plant some favorite deer snacks among your flowers, and now it's a food garden. There are a few other minor requirements, but nothing insurmountable. |
Deer repellant?
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Deer repellant?
On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:08:08 -0700, tenplay wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "tenplay" wrote in message . .. Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. Are you trying to protect vegetables, ornamentals, or both? I'm trying to protect annuals and perennials, not vegetables. Appreciate all the helpful responses. Seek out one of the thousands of deer proof or resistant plants deer will not eat. Deer prefer forbs, so putting ornamental grasses to good use, etc. |
Deer repellant?
There is a small patch of English ivy that gets eaten to the ground by
deer every winter. I now use the cucumber trellis from the vegetable garden to place on top of the ivy in the winter and that works. Deer are particular about stepping on fences. Also Home Depot has deer netting that you can use to protect individual plants. |
Deer repellant?
My mother swears by this stuff
http://www.deervik.com/ "tenplay" wrote in message . .. Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. |
Deer repellant?
tenplay wrote:
Deer often come into our yard and munch on some of the garden plants. What can we do to prevent this? A neighbor said that human urine diluted and sprinkled near the plants the deer like to eat would work. Is it true? Are there any alternative repellants? Thanks for any advice/suggestions. Felis concolor works well although the neighbors may complain a bit. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
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