Best ways to stop deer from eating your plants
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2011
- Tired of having deer eat your plants?
Watch as David Wilson for Garden Splendor takes us into his garden to give some tips, tricks and suggestions for coping with deer......
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I have group of seer in my neighborhood and i just discovered 30 minutes ago that they ate everything in my garden. This is the reason why i am fully supportive of hunting.
The fawns are the biggest problem starting in April. Young dumb and exploring different things to eat and will try anything and everything. I'm trying to get them off of my fig bushes right now. The sap in fig plants is caustic and they still munch away happily.
Too bad deer don't hunt since we took over their territory.
I love your dialect. Your voice is so pleasant! Thank you for these tips!
I noticed you started with those variegated Hostas. Those are currently my deer's fav - they leave the other Hostas alone.
I always wondered why older gardens in the U.S. never included yews. It dawned on me when I started planting yews in my backyard near the woods and surveying the resultant deer damage that the early Euro-Americans quickly learned that if they planted yews they were planting crops for deer. I use the Tomcat spray that they sell at the large hardware stores. It is effective if you are adamant about spraying as soon as it stops raining. I think that eventually they learn to avoid your yard because when I see them now they're not in my yard but at the edge of the woods. Groundhogs likewise are a big problem and I see them eating the grass at the bottom of the yard. A few days ago a big one came up to the patio and looked everything over but attacked nothing, just walked away. Last year it was such a problem that I'd actually come out and find them up in the flower pots on the patio, eating the plants.
Great tips. Thank you.
Very good info, thanks.
You have a beautiful garden a nice friendly dog (and probably the best deer deterrent). My plants are small and newly planted. I think I will try nylon netting for one year, because one good munching from a deer while they are small, and they could be damaged beyond "repair"--I will just have to watch out the birds do not get caught--check it a few times a day. I'll try to make it visible to the birds by covering all with tomato cages as well. I am also putting little bells on my bushes. The deer were never a problem in nearly 50 years in my neighborhood until recently.
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One other comment; I've used the plastic mesh to cover plants, and although it stops them from feeding on the plants, it's almost impossible to keep the plant from growing into it without tearing up the new growth when you try to move the mesh above the new growth, so you're left with no choice but letting the plant grow within a tangled mess of plastic netting. I have a holly that's going to have a mess of the stuff at its center for the rest of its life (the deer may not like mature holly but they will eat the tender new growth). I may possibly use the mesh to wrap some plants during winter while they're not growing to prevent winter feeding.
I have a groundhog problem, not deer thankfully but it seems to me that animals in general avoid certain plants and prefer others. So my personal experience is that animals like tender leaves so choose thick leaved plants and strong scented and thorny plants. My garden this year has been a mix of roses, geraniums, catmint, russian sage, coleus, caladium, persian shield, impatiens, yarrow, succulents, etc. The groundhog did not get the memo that I was changing things around and would still try to take a nibble now and then. I tell you I pitied him finally when I saw he ate one rose, thorns and all, left some teeth marks in my succulents, and then left.
Thank you for the information
Fish line fence is the most effective way to keep the little devils from eating your vegetable garden!
I liked all of your ideas. Your best idea is Morgan. I hope she gets compensated well for the excellent job she is doing. She is beautiful. Thank you my friend and happy gardening to you!
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Good Tips, ThankU 💖
You can also brew up a "tea" made from hot peppers. Make sure you brew it outside on a grill, you're not going to have a good day if you try to do it inside... just sayin'. Strain it through a coffee filter or cheese cloth, and use a garden sprayer to apply it. DON'T apply it once vegetables or fruit start to grow, unless you want your edibles with a hot pepper flavor. If the animals come around early, they'll lose interest before your veggies start to grow. You'll have to reapply it occasionally, and it will not deter most insects. Most every mammal and rodent doesn't like hot peppers.
Commercial deer repellent burned the leaves on my plants and some died. I washed the survivors by spraying them well with water and most are recovering. I now use cayenne pepper sprinkled on the leaves. The Irish Spring soap did not work at all, neither did lemon peel. I’m also am dealing with feral cats pooping, digging and laying in my vegetable and flower bed. Since I have been using cayenne pepper they have been staying away. I also spray occasionally with dish soap, water and the pepper, just to change it up for insurance.
These are great tips. Spraying does work if you are religious about it and switch off brands every once in a while. It is expensive and time consuming. I am investing in stakes and netting . Throwing netting over plants is not effective because the plant grows into the netting and it doesn’t look good. I have bought a variety of sizes of metal stakes and have covered individual plants by making a tent over the top and staking at the bottom, connecting the netting to the stakes with zip ties. And, I am also going to enclose larger areas with taller black stakes from Lowe’s. I bought deer netting, heavier than bird netting, 7 x 100 feet, and am going to enclose some whole areas where I have too many plants they devour. It is expensive and time consuming to spray. I am digging out some plants that are just too difficult to keep, and not in areas easy to enclose, like hosta and lilies. They ate the flowers off the lilies long ago, and are now eating the flowing green leaves to the ground. I am putting in allium instead. Here is what they have not eaten. Spirea, butterfly bush (Pugster Blue is a nice dwarf), caryopteris, dwarf crape Myrtle, St. John’s wart. They have eaten my sedum, hydrangea, hosta, lilies. I did plant Supertunia petunias and the rabbits have nibbled them but the deer haven’t touched them. Lots of prolific color. No deadheading. Bubble Gum is relentless. Hopefully, between the digging out, time consuming and expensive to replace, and covering or enclosing, they will be deterred. Anyone want a sprayer?
I have found that a .30-06 with a good scope is quite affective for deer control.
Not when you have close neighbors.
Thank you!
In my vegetable garden, I cut up Irish Spring soap and put chunks on the ground between my sweet corn rows. It worked very well this year. Now if I could come up with something that simple for rabbits it would be wonderful. They have been horrible this year! I use Shake Away, but it is expensive. Do you ever have trouble with rabbits? They've eaten 3 plantings of green beans this season.
It is difficult to see but the bar of soap I was using in the video is Irish Spring.... by keeping the wrapper on it, I find it lasts through the whole season and doesn't make a mess when the soap deteriorates. Thankfully, I don't have a problem with rabbits.
I have used two, eight packs of spring soap. They still eat my all my flowers. Know I they jumped in my four foot fence and ate my tomatoes. I don’t know what else to do.
@@sharonlauria7796 I'm so sorry 💔
Didn't work for me. They ate the soap.
@@sharonlauria7796 We made a fence around our vegetable garden with a metal mesh material secured it with black zip ties to the T-bars. I forgot what it’s called but you can find it at the hardware store maybe even Tractor Supply Co.Kind of like Goat panel but a little cheaper and probably thinner. We did two horizontal rows, one above the other to get height as the fencing is long but not as tall as we need. Bought a cheap wooden screen door, secured it with a black bungee cord to open & close it. Spray painted the wood on the door black. The mesh is dark green. It actually looks quite nice due to the dark colors of the materials which are not even noticeable from a distance. So far it works great. The height is between 7-8’. Now I will say this. Rabbits have been a bit of a problem. I will be adding chicken wire around the bottom this year and will spray paint the chicken wire black before wrapping it around the bottom portion of the garden. It will also be secured to the T-bars with black zip ties. I hope this helps. I think you just need a higher fence.
Uh oh. I just bought a holly. Deer here leave things alone in the summer, but mid-fall through early spring, my shrubs, trees, and plants tremble in fear.
Is Morgan a Springer Spaniel? She looks like mine!💕
I think about a couple of half starved Dobermans as a deterrent when the deer eat with impunity.
I used plastic netting around a favourite tree. After a windy rain storm, I found a little woodpecker had tried to escape the weather on the sheltered side of the tree and became entangled in the net. A dead bird turned me off using any plastic netting or filament in my yard and I’d hate to see a deer with a plastic filament cutting off its leg or strangling it.
If using netting it has to be pulled tight and secured to posts, it helps so animals don’t get tangled.
"Work really well" or ""work well," not "work good." Other than that, thank you very much.
Can I suggest that when you comb your dog that you save the fur that comes off and use it as a border around the plants you're trying to protect.
In an exceptionally cold winter and there's not much around for food they will eat saw briars because they remain green and keep nutrients up in the plant when dormant. Think I would rather eat barbed wire than saw briars myself. Lot less painful. lol
I've had decent success with using portable fencing to enclose a small area, such as a bed of day lilies. I had read that deer are reluctant to jump into a small, enclosed area, because they're not sure they'll be able to get back out. Although I haven't tried it, I have read that using double fencing, or a fence combined with a hedge, will deter deer from jumping over. The theory is that they have a poor sense of depth perception, and jumping over two rows of something means they have to jump both high and wide, which is difficult for them.
All the seniors around here feed the deer, and they have no fear of humans or dogs. I've had to start gardening indoors if I want any kind of food crops. I've got a solution but gunshots in the middle of town is bound to upset the same nuisance people feeding the deer and causing the problem.
Feeding wildlife may be illegal in some places...
@@ffjsb It is here too but that is not a deterrent. The old folks like to see deer in the yard so they feed them. Not giving thought to being inside town limits, and deer are always running into cars causing accidents.
Pee. Mark your territory like other animals do. Daily. The plants will appreciate the extra (free) nitrogen as you work your way around the gardens over the days. Like never letting cold clean water down the drain while waiting for hot, you water a different houseplant daily or use for plants near your doorways. It is just good habits which make a difference. I never lose a hosta or rose or anything to deer. But they are here all the time because my 7 gardens & huge lawns are encircled by 3 acres of forest. They live deep in my woods & basically use my yard to go to the neighbouring gardens. Some people hold themselves in such high regard that they won't pee in a pitcher or porta potty that pharmacies sell.
Shotgun is also effective; deer seem to be repulsed by them. Bambi ate all my carrot seed heads and 20’ of pole beans...
Which way do I go! I'm totally confused 😂I just tried left over coffee and the grounds as I saw recommended on TH-cam. It does nothing the Deere eat the plants and enjoy there coffee with it. 😡😡😡
I got a tip about Milorganite so I looked into it and it looks effective. I'll be using it this summer.
I used milorganite on a large english ivy bed that the deer had eaten all the leaves off the vines the previous year. They left it alone with the milorganite. I'd give it a try - inexpensive and easy to spread
It’s definitely chemical based. I read about it.
.30-06... didn't see this option in this vid...
Has anyone tried cinnamon? I have a problem with deer actually eating the bulbs off my lilies! I almost cried when I saw it.
I have the same problem. I never got to enjoy my plants.
@@joycejohnson1872 That's why i stopped spending my hard earned money on buying anymore plants.
Can you can Morgan and send her to me ?
The spray is meant for the trashcan when you are from where im from. You have to spray it every time it rains. 🤦♂️. Damn deer want to eat my plants im ready to turn them into sausage! Lol
I have 2 dogs & that doesn't keep the deer out of my yard
Love Morgan! Very beautiful dog. Do you still have her? My grandparents regularly walk through their neighborhood and one house always has beautiful flowers. When asked, his secret was a concentrated solution of Irish Spring soap in water to spray. I am currently utilizing this method but am concerned if the soap is harmful to the plants, particularly the pores of the leaves (for growing) or flowerheads (don't want to repel the bees, birds, or butterflies). Any advice is appreciated. Again, thank you for sharing your secrets with us!
Alas, I no longer have Morgan (she was a terrific, very sweet dog). I now have another much more rambunctious but totally lovable garden companion (Meg) th-cam.com/video/PNgeEXoaDAU/w-d-xo.html
As for the soap, I have been using it for many years and have never seen any sign of any damage - so go ahead and use it. But, I find it much easier and longer lasting to use the whole bar like in the video..
Sorry to hear about Morgan. We recently lost one of ours too. It's always so difficult. Meg looks like such a sweet dog too. It's always best to have another companion to keep you company.
From this video, I realize I should have mixed the Miracle Grow all purpose garden soil with the surrounding soil, but failed to do so. I surrounded with the all purpose soil, only covering with the existing soil atop, and went through quite a bit! Hopefully, the plants all still take and the roots eventually grow into the surrounding soil.
I appreciate your help and will continue watching your videos to learn more. Do you happen to have a Facebook profile? I have pictures of everything I recently planted there.
I eat them come gun season,so put things in your garden to fatten them up yummie
Yeah, but if we were living in the wilderness where you could hunt, they wouldn't be a problem.
There are absolutely no plants or flowers that deer will not eat. And there is absolutely no way to keep them from devouring them.
Talcum powder
Yes dogs barking and peeing, marking their territory works, BUT, I mark my territory too, catch my own urine and pour it about! Greens up the grass and keep the deer at bay!
Doesn't your property stink? ewww
Human pee kills plants. Human kaka is the one that grows plants.
Lol. You have deers. We have goats.
Ha! Exactly, wild mountain rams. Like 300 pound rabbits!
The best deterrent is a dog.
Deer will bypass all soap and dogs to eat sweet potato vines to the ground 🤨
Get a pack of Wolves.
If only the deer had spoken out earlier, before we destroyed so much forest with suburban sprawl.
Now they're stuck living in our garbage.
or the asbestos in it
Eat the deer.
Not enough men…ecological disaster
Thank you !