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Flower Gardens Of all deer protection tasks, this is the about the easiest. Flower gardens don’t typically occupy much space, so you probably aren’t directing the deer away from a big area, and there’s probably plenty of other summer browse around. In fact you may be successful if you merely apply a deer repellant like Shake-Away™ (powdered coyote urine) or Deer Away® that make plants taste bad. These latter need to be reapplied regularly in the growing season because deer can quickly learn that new untreated shoots don’t taste bad, and the plants are growing fast. If your first choice doesn’t do the job, apply a repellant based on different principles, either in the garden or around the edges of your property (see Repellants); install a motion activated water sprayer or ultrasonic repellent; or consider installing a net. This is harder than protecting flower gardens, because vegetables are a prime food source, and after deer have discovered succulent veggies in your garden they can be very hard to exclude. Indeed, once they have learned the garden's nature, the only sure answer is a Mr. McGregor's Fence which is highly effective at keeping out deer. So it’s best to start early, applying defensive measures in the early spring before your plants are up, while the deer are still in the dark about the garden’s contents. Especially if you are starting late, are not a deer hunter, and just want to do the best you can, you may also wish to consider a motion activated water sprayer, which can provide at least temporary relief from deer attacks. Likewise the electronic and ultrasonic repellents can prove very effective keeping the deer in check. Certain repellents like Shake-Away™ and Deer Away® can prove useful here; and netting, perhaps supplemented by a repellent or other measures, is well-suited to protecting fruit trees. Simply apply one of the more economical nets like Deer-X™ to all vegetated areas, from the ground level to above any heights the deer can reach. Evergreens are harder to defend because they must be protected year-round–including in winter when deer and others have few food sources and may be starving. Nets, watersprayers and ultrasonic devices can be a great help in the right places. Unpleasant tasting and smelling repellents like Deer Away® are also very effective. It may also make sense to apply a predator scent like Shake-Away™. If you are protecting small clusters of evergreens an economical and effective way is to surround them with a net. Another alternative for summer protection of spot plantings is the "Scarecrow,” a motion-detecting water sprayer that works both night and day. For both summer and winter protection the ultrasonic repellents like the Deerchaser™ and Yard Gard are very helpful in protecting select small to midsize areas. Winter Protection of Large Areas Even with deer hunting to thin the herd, deer are hard to control in winter because their food sources are limited and the deer may be starving. To make matters worse, excluding deer from a large territory is harder than keeping them out of a small one, because it often means interdicting established deer paths and placing customary deer feeding areas off limits. For these reasons, it is very hard to exclude deer (most commonly whitetailed deer but also red deer, black tail deer, and others) from a large area year-round without a robust deer fence. Extensive information about how to deal successfully with this problem is available at our affiliated stores, The Deer Shock Depot (www.electric-deer-fence.com) and The Invisible Deer Fence (www.invisible-deer-fence.com). |
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