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Posted: Mar/17/2009 11:32 AM PST
HI - NOT USE TO AREA WHERE DEEER ARE, HOW DO I KEEP THEM OUT OF MY GARDENS, BERRY PATCHES, ETC. WILL A 6 FT FENCE KEEP THEM OUT OF VEGGIE GARDEN? THANKS help.... |
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Posted: Mar/17/2009 8:25 PM PST
If they have room to get a running start they can clear an 8 foot fence. The only fence guarantee is either 12 foot high or with a roof (ie chain link fencing stretched across the top as well). I have heard of people using electric fencing but if they can clear that will only slow them down. I have heard of others using feeders at the far edges of their property then the deer eat there and won't wonder on in looking for food. Another one is to hang strongly scented bars of soap around the edges of your garden and they will stay away as they don't like the scents. You can put the bars into old pantyhose type knee highs and tie string around the tops of those to hang them. Personally, I have never had to worry about anything other than rabbits but these are stories I have heard from other gardeners that have had. |
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Posted: Mar/20/2009 6:21 AM PST
Mamabear is right on about the fence. The soap too. I seen my country neighbor using ivory soap, never questioned it or even checked back on to see if it worked but I have seen it. |
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Posted: Mar/20/2009 9:01 PM PST
I heard that Irish Spring works well too. |
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Posted: Apr/06/2009 3:21 PM PST
I feel for you. We have a serious deer problem here, and we have tried everything. We live in a very small town, so our town deer are problems deluxe. They aren't afraid of anything. We can't fence over 48" and that doesn't even slow them down. Soap will work for a little while sometimes. But ours caught on within a few days. If you find anything that works, please let me know! Maybe a pet mountain lion? LOL |
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Posted: Apr/20/2009 8:27 PM PST
Obviously, they are not afraid of your human scent. You might try mixing the hottest peppers you can find with water and spray that solution on your plants. I don't know if it will scald plants or not. But in the end I think the only thing that will truly work is permanent removal of the deer or permanent removal of gardening. 
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Posted: Aug/23/2009 1:56 PM PST
It appears that 'misery loves company' is the only positive feature of this conversation. I have been working incredibly hard on developing new gardens during the past four years and the deer are killing me. I can't bear to put up a fence and none of the remedies seem to work. So my approach now is to find plants that deer do not like very much - knowing that they will eat anything when they are hungry enough. I have found that during the summer, they leave my cleome, ligaluria, blackc eyed susans, bellamcanda, low dahlias, and low bush zinnias alone. They (or some critter) picks the blooms off my buddelhia, false indigo, tall phlox, oenothera, sunflowers (I know - deer candy), lupine, as soon as they bloom. I can plant something one day with blooms on it and they will all be gone the next. Obviously fall and winter are even worse. They go after everything including schrubs. If anyone has found other flowers and/or flowering shrubs (I know they don't like anything furry or most grasses)that deer don't like - I would love to hear about them. I an in the NE, near the Catskills. thanks, oldma |
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Posted: Aug/25/2009 7:33 AM PST
Scarecrow Sprinkler is ideal for keep deer away from your garden. When the Scarecrow detects a deer heat and movement, senses the same security lights detect people, it instantly releases a short but startling burst of water. The sudden spray of water and the movement and noise of the sprinkler scares deer away. Deer associate this negative experience with the area and avoid your yard in the future. See video how scarecrow sprinkler repel deer& reviews at http://scarecrowsprinkler.blogspot.com/ Attachments:  |
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