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roses just waking up in z4, then this.......

wirosarian_z4b_WI

7 years ago

Cloven hoof print....either the Church Lady sent "SAAAAATAN" to my yard or deer....AAAAAHHHHH!

must be deer because about a dozen or more roses nibbled on!

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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho

7 years ago

Darn deer. Your rose looks great, even without the blooms, but what a pity. I've tried a number of repellents, but found that Deer Out Works the best for my garden. It contains the usual stinky rotten egg stuff, but also has peppermint oil and white pepper oil that seem to add some effectiveness and sort of cover up the egg stink. I've used it for a couple of years and haven't had any roses harmed. Diane

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Need2SeeGreen 10 (SoCal)
7 years ago
Oh, bummer!!! The little rascal.
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lucillle
7 years ago
Time to fill your freezer with deer sausage.
Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
7 years ago
I'm truly sorry for you roses. A couple of years ago I put in a bunch of phlox and asters to my delight Bambi ate those instead. Some where only a foot tall or less when they bloomed. Kind of like the asters that way no flopping and they where a mass of flowers.
Dave5bWY
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Satan appears in the form of a deer in my yard, too!

I have had success with Liquid Fence and Plantskydd. I spread blood meal around the garden during wet weather when I am unable to spray.

I'm sorry about your roses!
mudpie7
7 years ago
Did you see the post where someone made a clothesline of tied ghostly white pastic bags that rustled in the wind ?
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
7 years ago
Sorry to hear your roses got damaged wirosarian...
fig_insanity Z7b E TN
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Time to adopt a BIG puppy dog...the only true deer deterrent I know. Of course then you have to teach the dog not to dig up the roses :P

You have my full sympathies.
jacqueline9CA
7 years ago
When my roses are as small as the one in your picture, I always put a wire cage around them which is at least 3-4 feet high, to keep them from the deer for long enough for them to get bigger.

Jackie
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7 years ago
So sorry for you. Does moth balls work?
towandaaz
7 years ago
Yes, Satan repellent! Now there's a marketing idea. lol... I do what Jackie does with the wire cages or black plastic netting around taller stakes which is more "invisible." I haven't tried many of the repellents just because I don't know how quickly it wears off and there are certain roses I really want to see bloom so I go to the trouble of making sure to the best of my ability to protect them. It's such a drag when blooms get eaten or chomped on. This morning I found that a pack rat or chippy got in to my fenced in nursery/garden last night and gnawed off the one Frances Meilland bloom and left it in the dirt. Thanks Mini Satan.
seil zone 6b MI
7 years ago
A very tall fence around the yard or cages on the bushes is the only thing that MIGHT help. Sorry! I deal with rabbits and they can be almost as destructive. Very small grid chicken wire cages around and over the plants has helped deter them some.

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