Help, the deer mucned my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground. They aslo
ate my annuals.

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(Mpb58) wrote:

Help, the deer munched my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground. They aslo
ate my annuals.

Try to enjoy the fact that you're visited by deer, you lucky dawwwg.
Nothing short of a deer proof fence will keep them from gobbling up those
tasty tender vitals we call flowers. There are a hundred tricks you can
try -- nasty-tasting pepper-spray & rotten-egg repellants, a circle of
plants just outside the gardens the deer like & are welcome to, selecting
deer-resistant plants exclusively which they eat only halfway to the
ground instead of all the way, & getting a big ol' dog.

I haven't lived somewhere where deer visit since I was a kid; I wish I
still lived far enough out & rural to have deer dropping by. I'd create
fence-enclosed gardens with gated arbor entries, & plant plenty of stuff
outside the enclosures that could bear up to being foraged, & then I could
consider those deer my good pals (until I caught one inside one of the
fenced gardens, then maybe I'd chuck rocks at it & scream like mad & sick
Rover on it).

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
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On 24 Jun 2003 00:46:05 GMT, (Mpb58) wrote:

Help, the deer mucned my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground. They aslo
ate my annuals.

On 24 Jun 2003 00:46:05 GMT, (Mpb58) wrote:

Help, the deer mucned my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground. They aslo
ate my annuals.

So, last night they stripped some nice sunflowers I had down to two
raw sticks. Gonna order a half dozen hay bales tomorrow for a new
archery range to get them back. I suppose you don't have the Disney
syndrome anymore, do you?

Anytime a new neighbor down the road moves in and I walk by and see
exposed hostas planted around the mailbox, I just have to laugh. I've
got some very nice hostas, and they flower every year, mixed with the
tulips...but they are surrounded by chicken wire which deer wont go
near, since they could get their hoof stuck and break a leg.

Bone meal and blood meal spread around the yard will also help keep
deer on edge in your yard.

Dan

the green coated more open wire, laying down around the beds works well too and sorta
blends. My mothers gardens are now swamped with the filthy tick infested things and
I am suggesting she companion plant some digitalis!! and with daffodils which are
poisonous. they whacked em to the ground. fortunately, they will come back.
that blood meal really works for the tree rats!! Ingrid

(dstvns) wrote:
I've
got some very nice hostas, and they flower every year, mixed with the
tulips...but they are surrounded by chicken wire which deer wont go
near, since they could get their hoof stuck and break a leg.

Bone meal and blood meal spread around the yard will also help keep
deer on edge in your yard.

Dan



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On 24 Jun 2003 00:46:05 GMT, (Mpb58) wrote:

Help, the deer mucned my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground. They aslo
ate my annuals.

Dave Fouchey, WA4EMR
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thanks for the tips

Do as I have, deer meat in the freezer.

The darn deer ate two very nice 5' shrubs.

Moving is not an option here.

Kevin Miller wrote:

Move

On 24 Jun 2003 00:46:05 GMT, (Mpb58) wrote:

Help, the deer mucned my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground. They aslo
ate my annuals.

Help, the deer mucned my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground.

After much experience with various deer proofing remedies, the best that I've
come up with (short of a deer-proof fence) are sprinklers with motion
detectors.

Several places sell them. (Lee Valley Gardens has the best prices - mail
order). They are just impulse sprinklers which are activated for three second
bursts when something comes into the motion detectors range (about 120 degree
angle and 45 or so feet). You can set the sensitivity and range.

There are only two downsides:

1) they are a little pricy . . . $55 - $70 apiece and you will probably need
two or three to get full coverage in a yard/garden. They can be hooked in a
series.

2) You will inevitably forget that they're there and will get doused when you
go out into the yard.

But . . . they work. They're not 100% effective. You still get visitors who
will take a chomp. But they don't stay. It's a lot better than losing your
ornamentals and veggies every year to the rats with antlers.

Good luck,

John

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(JMooreTS) wrote:

There are only two downsides:

1) they are a little pricy

2) You will inevitably forget that they're there

Only 2?

3) Depending upon your water pressure, they don't cover a very large
area. I have a well and my water pressure varies from 20 to 40 pounds.

4) They don't work in wind or rain.

5) Before mowing the lawn, you must take up all of the sprinkler that
are in the lawn.

6) This doesn't work in winter when I get all of my problems.

7) For a typical suburban home, this would take many sprinklers, many
hoses, many controllers, and much money.

8) For a avid gardener his would take very many sprinklers, very many
hoses, very many controllers, and very much money.

9) Frequently deer will learn to tolerate the sprinklers if they ever
become hungry like in a drought or winter.

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John said:

After much experience with various deer proofing remedies, the best that I've
come up with (short of a deer-proof fence) are sprinklers with motion
detectors.




1) they are a little pricy . . . $55 - $70 apiece and you will probably need
two or three to get full coverage in a yard/garden. They can be hooked in a
series.

2) You will inevitably forget that they're there and will get doused when you
go out into the yard.
Dave
http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave

After much experience with various deer proofing remedies, the best that I've
come up with (short of a deer-proof fence) are sprinklers with motion
detectors.

1) they are a little pricy . . . $55 - $70 apiece and you will probably need
two or three

That's why I advocate an electric fence as the best solution. My set up cost me
about $100 and works really well at excluding the buggers. And when ever I want
to expand the area enclosed, all I need is to add another section of wire.

Dave
http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave

Deer as rats with antlers - I like that! Randy

JMooreTS wrote:


Help, the deer mucned my 2 huge hostas plants down to the ground.

After much experience with various deer proofing remedies, the best that I've
come up with (short of a deer-proof fence) are sprinklers with motion
detectors.

Several places sell them. (Lee Valley Gardens has the best prices - mail
order). They are just impulse sprinklers which are activated for three second
bursts when something comes into the motion detectors range (about 120 degree
angle and 45 or so feet). You can set the sensitivity and range.

There are only two downsides:

1) they are a little pricy . . . $55 - $70 apiece and you will probably need
two or three to get full coverage in a yard/garden. They can be hooked in a
series.

2) You will inevitably forget that they're there and will get doused when you
go out into the yard.

But . . . they work. They're not 100% effective. You still get visitors who
will take a chomp. But they don't stay. It's a lot better than losing your
ornamentals and veggies every year to the rats with antlers.

Good luck,

John

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