Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing?

"Holly" wrote in message
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Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than
fencing?

A friend of mine swears by Irish Spring bar soap, grated like parmesan
cheese and hung around the garden in cloth bags, or knee-hi stockings. Since
the deer were bold enough to munch the flowers off my mums a few weeks back,
I'll be hanging the soap around the entire property line. If it gets them to
stand still long enough, I plan on beating them to death with a baseball
bat. :-)

Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than
fencing?
BRBR
A steady eye and a taste for venison?
zemedelec

"Zemedelec" wrote in message
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Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other
than
fencing?
BRBR
A steady eye and a taste for venison?
zemedelec

Well....we have 6 months of winter here (Rochester NY), although many
residents drink themselves into oblivion until they imagine it's only 2
months of winter. So, when it finally warms up, I take my vegetable garden
VERY seriously. Nobody, not even Bambi, messes with my vegetable garden. :-)
Besides, I finally have a source of fresh juniper berries growing on my
property. Do you know how well juniper goes with venison?

Well....we have 6 months of winter here (Rochester NY), although many
residents drink themselves into oblivion until they imagine it's only 2
months of winter. So, when it finally warms up, I take my vegetable garden
VERY seriously. Nobody, not even Bambi, messes with my vegetable garden.
:-)
Besides, I finally have a source of fresh juniper berries growing on my
property. Do you know how well juniper goes with venison?

My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the deer.Most
hardware stores sell them...Hope i could help you

"Romy Beeck" wrote in message
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Well....we have 6 months of winter here (Rochester NY), although many
residents drink themselves into oblivion until they imagine it's only 2
months of winter. So, when it finally warms up, I take my vegetable
garden
VERY seriously. Nobody, not even Bambi, messes with my vegetable garden.
:-)
Besides, I finally have a source of fresh juniper berries growing on my
property. Do you know how well juniper goes with venison?

My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the
deer.Most
hardware stores sell them...Hope i could help you



Actually, I may put one of those near the corner of my property where some
of the neighborhood slobs let their dogs crap. When it's 34 degrees, I
suspect a nice cold shower will be very educational.

"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ...


My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the deer.Most
hardware stores sell them...

Might work in areas that don't freeze at night. Probably the baseball
bat or the trusty old thirty-ought-six offer more permanent solutions.

G

"Romy Beeck" wrote in message ...

Well....we have 6 months of winter here (Rochester NY), although many
residents drink themselves into oblivion until they imagine it's only 2
months of winter. So, when it finally warms up, I take my vegetable garden
VERY seriously. Nobody, not even Bambi, messes with my vegetable garden.
:-)
Besides, I finally have a source of fresh juniper berries growing on my
property. Do you know how well juniper goes with venison?

My friend put a radar sprinkling system in it got rid of all the deer.Most
hardware stores sell them...Hope i could help you

How does a radar sprinkling system work. Is there an online site where
I can buy one - I live in the Highlands of Scotland and have no nearby
stores.

On 27 Nov 2004 15:44:15 -0800, (Holly)
wrote:

Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing?


I heard that "Deer Off" works and remains on the plant for 3 months.
I don't have proof of this claim. To be effective most sprays need to
be reapplied after a rain. Most deer do not like dogs. I use a
farmer's electric fence, and that works for deer, groundhogs,
squirrels, cats and dogs.

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:35:13 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

On 27 Nov 2004 15:44:15 -0800, (Holly)
wrote:

Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing?


I heard that "Deer Off" works and remains on the plant for 3 months.
I don't have proof of this claim. To be effective most sprays need to
be reapplied after a rain.

Hmm. Presumably this would be for plants that kept all their foliage
in a steady state for 3 months at at time?

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:51:58 GMT, Frogleg wrote:

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 03:35:13 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

On 27 Nov 2004 15:44:15 -0800, (Holly)
wrote:

Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing?


I heard that "Deer Off" works and remains on the plant for 3 months.
I don't have proof of this claim. To be effective most sprays need to
be reapplied after a rain.

Hmm. Presumably this would be for plants that kept all their foliage
in a steady state for 3 months at at time?

My experience with deer (far more extensive than I want) is that they
eat not only foliage but also those tender buds waiting for Spring to
arrive.

John

Holly wrote:
Has anyone proven solutions to prevent deer eating my plants other than fencing?


You need an attack squirrel:

http://tinyurl.com/5lhdu (zipped video link)

Best regards,
Bob

zxcvbob expounded:

You need an attack squirrel:

http://tinyurl.com/5lhdu (zipped video link)

Yowsa! That's one territorial squirrel! G
--
Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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how did you manage to open it? I can't seem to unzip it......
maddie
"Ann" wrote in message
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zxcvbob expounded:

You need an attack squirrel:

http://tinyurl.com/5lhdu (zipped video link)

Yowsa! That's one territorial squirrel! G
--
Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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"madgardener" expounded:

how did you manage to open it? I can't seem to unzip it......

Depends on your browser, I think. I'm using Mozilla 1.7.3 and it asks
me what I want to do, open the zip or save it to my desktop. Maybe if
you save it (right click on it and select "Save target as" and save it
to your desktop you can open it with Winzip and play it from there.
--
Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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