Using egg spray to keep deer out
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Kimmsr
10 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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Comments (9)I removed mine 2 weeks ago so that I could plow and plant my fall garden. The next day the deer tracks were everywhere! I put them back and no more deer tracks! Tish, I use regular batteries in mine and they last about 1 month. But I have deer and other animals triggering them often. If I let the batteries die accidentally, the deer will raid my garden the first night, sometimes during the day! I have started changing them every 30 days just to be sure. I get them cheap from Battery Specialists, my company has an account with them and they give me the same 25% discount on cash sales. I also save the possible good ones for my nonessential gadgets....See Morekeeping deer out of garden
Comments (5)I have had good luck with this deer repellent. I sometimes alternate with bloodmeal so that the deer don't get used to it. Copy Kat Deer and Rabbit Repellent There is a version of "Liquid Fence" on the market. I found this works just as well, just you have to use it more quickly due to it not having the preservatives in it. It smells bad when you apply it--this is your warning!! You will need 5 one gallon containers to mix this up. Fast and easy. 4 to 6 eggs 1 lg head of garlic, chopped 5 gallons of water Any hot pepper you may have in the house Put eggs, garlic and pepper in a blender with some water and blend until well mixed. Empty mixture in one of the gallon containers. Fill the container with water and mix well. Distribute the mixture into the other 4 containers until all 5 containers are equal. Fill all 5 containers with water and set in the sun for 3 days to "ripen". Sprinkle around the perimeter of the area you want to protect. You can also strain some mixture and put it into a spray bottle to spray on plants that might need extra treatment. Retreat every month or after a hard rain. I have also mixed in onions. I donÂt know if it helped or not. I think the eggs and garlic is enough. From what I have read, it helps to change the recipe every once in a while, so the deer donÂt get used to it. You can add milk, dish soap or salad oil in to help it work better....See MoreAnyone use home-made deer spray with great results?
Comments (5)I purchased a bottle of minced garlic and made the recipes that are was suggested. It worked as good as the Deer Off. Like you I cannot keep buying the stuff and have to keep spraying after all the rain we have. I have wild onions in my yard. When I dig them out Lay them over the new plants coming up and that helps. Once the plants get some size I lift the wild onions off the plants and start to spray with my homemade spray. The Deer off smell goes away after a few hours. It is not the smell of the stuff it is the cost. That sticks with me for a long time. It worked for me. Deer in every area are different some do not care what you do if they are hungry they will hold their nose and eat. LOL...See Morewhat do you use to keep the deer/rabbits away
Comments (9)Kim, sorry to hear about the damage. Given that I live among a large herd of deer and quite a few rabbits, I've been literally experimenting with what can be grown without having to purchase things like liquid fence. I'm in North Carolina, so what's resistant for me and our deer herd may not work everywhere. I've tried to be reasonable about the damage. For example, I pinch back new growth to make perennials bushier so if the deer or rabbits do that first, I don't get too upset about it and I've had some beautiful big clumps of rudbeckia after the nibbling. They are leaving the mature blooms alone. Since my entire outer garden (outside my fence) was newly planted this spring, I temporarily put up a whimpy 32" high edging fence. That actually worked for several months before the deer started jumping in. What they've eaten has been minimal and acceptable loss so that I consider my deer experiment a success. The fence is down and they aren't eating anything. The rabbits, while on the property, don't frequent quite as often although we've found 3-4 baby bunnies in among the flowers several times. This is a topic of my gardening blog if you want to go look. Last week I wrote an entry about deer, drought and disease resistant plants that I've grown this year. I have prior entries in the archive that includes some bunny talk. Whenever I cut back my lavender, nepeta, basil, rosemary, sage -- I throw the cuttings around blooming flowers in my garden. I think the strong scent of those throws off the bunnies. I guess my philosophy is that I'm no longer going to spend $100 every year on concoctions to try to deter the critters from eating a few $5.00 plants. I've also adopted the philosophy that if one of my perennials is too damaged, I'll give it to a friend and divide one of my resistant varieties to use as a replacement. That said, I've had lots and lots of blooms and color in the garden. If you plant for butterflies, most of their favorites are on the yuck list for deer and bunnies. I empathize with your situation -- used to be there when I lived at my previous house. I spent too much money protecting hostas, hydrangeas and daylilies and didn't have anything to show for it. The deer always won, sooner or later. Hope this is helpful. Cameron Here is a link that might be useful: the deer report...See MoreKimmsr
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