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Like every other grower here, I have fought deer for years. Ive pissed, shit, had my dog piss and shit, bought shit, cut mine and my dogs hair all for nothing.
Like everyone else Ive sprayed every repellent on the market on my plants to experience zero effect. Ive had plants eaten within 4 hrs of being drenched in Deer Away. Ive hung up garlic and peppers and upside down crosses with no effect. I have some sites that either the plants get caged or get eaten, period.
This year i found something that worked and I wanted to pass it on for you to try.
There are a number of weeds in my area that arent eaten by any grazing animals.. One plant is called "queens lace" and is a form of hemlock that can be growing in a cattle lot and they wont touch it. Another one and the one that I chose is a plant called"gymson weed"(not sure about spelling, Jymson, Gympson?). Its seeds are hallucinagenic and I have never seen any animal attempt to eat it. Not a goat, cow or horse. I have a buddy that used the hemlock in his mixture.
Our idea was to try and make our plants smell like the plant that we know they wont eat.
I chopped up about 1/2 pound worth of weed stems and leaves, put it in my wifes blender, (she's still pissed) and puree'd it with a 1/2 quart of water. After soaking a bit and blending it well, i drained off the liquid and discarded the solid material. I put the liquid back in the blender, added a half cup of Neem oil, (as a surfacant) and blended the hell out of it.
I sprayed it on some test plants hoping that the scent from the plant the deer wont eat would adhere to my new transplants. The result was absolutely amazing. Neither I nor my buddy had a single leaf off of a single plant eaten. Not one of the seven untreated plants between the 2 of us lasted 2 weeks but the sprayed plants remained untouched.. Its my belief that the deer smelled the plant and believed it to be the gymson weed and the hemlock, that it doesnt eat.
I have now looked around and see that there are a great number of plants that deer clearly aren't eating. After my results, Im collecting some material from those plants for my freezer for spring usage. Ive found one stinky plant called "milk weed" that has a sticky, milky fluid that may not have to have a surfacant mixed with it and one that clearly the deer aren't eating. Ill let you know in the spring, but I would look around and see what's available to you. This works.
If you have deer problems, this is a cheap and seemingly effective approach. Im amazed by the results.One test isnt proof positive, but it was successful enought that I wll do it again for shure. You have to reaply with heavy rain, but it seems to be worth it. There have to be plants in your areas that grazing animals won't eat. Look at cattle farms and notice any weeds that the cows havent' eaten as a cow, horse, sheep or goat will eat almost anything.
Like everyone else Ive sprayed every repellent on the market on my plants to experience zero effect. Ive had plants eaten within 4 hrs of being drenched in Deer Away. Ive hung up garlic and peppers and upside down crosses with no effect. I have some sites that either the plants get caged or get eaten, period.
This year i found something that worked and I wanted to pass it on for you to try.
There are a number of weeds in my area that arent eaten by any grazing animals.. One plant is called "queens lace" and is a form of hemlock that can be growing in a cattle lot and they wont touch it. Another one and the one that I chose is a plant called"gymson weed"(not sure about spelling, Jymson, Gympson?). Its seeds are hallucinagenic and I have never seen any animal attempt to eat it. Not a goat, cow or horse. I have a buddy that used the hemlock in his mixture.
Our idea was to try and make our plants smell like the plant that we know they wont eat.
I chopped up about 1/2 pound worth of weed stems and leaves, put it in my wifes blender, (she's still pissed) and puree'd it with a 1/2 quart of water. After soaking a bit and blending it well, i drained off the liquid and discarded the solid material. I put the liquid back in the blender, added a half cup of Neem oil, (as a surfacant) and blended the hell out of it.
I sprayed it on some test plants hoping that the scent from the plant the deer wont eat would adhere to my new transplants. The result was absolutely amazing. Neither I nor my buddy had a single leaf off of a single plant eaten. Not one of the seven untreated plants between the 2 of us lasted 2 weeks but the sprayed plants remained untouched.. Its my belief that the deer smelled the plant and believed it to be the gymson weed and the hemlock, that it doesnt eat.
I have now looked around and see that there are a great number of plants that deer clearly aren't eating. After my results, Im collecting some material from those plants for my freezer for spring usage. Ive found one stinky plant called "milk weed" that has a sticky, milky fluid that may not have to have a surfacant mixed with it and one that clearly the deer aren't eating. Ill let you know in the spring, but I would look around and see what's available to you. This works.
If you have deer problems, this is a cheap and seemingly effective approach. Im amazed by the results.One test isnt proof positive, but it was successful enought that I wll do it again for shure. You have to reaply with heavy rain, but it seems to be worth it. There have to be plants in your areas that grazing animals won't eat. Look at cattle farms and notice any weeds that the cows havent' eaten as a cow, horse, sheep or goat will eat almost anything.
My 25lb or so Maine Coon Cat helps me out with the Deer and Such. Yes Every time I go out I have a Fresh Jug of what he left behind if you get my drift and I've had No Problems. Last year I got Mowed harsh...its cheap and it works I swear!
