Help..the deer are eating my plants!!

Kaybee

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Just wondering if anyone as any suggestions for keeping deer out of my plants. I have a beautiful rock garden with many different perenials and the deer this year are having a field day eating them!! Today I found that they had eaten one of my huge hosta plants. It just makes me sick!! So help!! Anyone got any suggestions for keeping deer away? Thanks:mad:
 
OK Kaybee...I'm going to come right out and say this...please don't be offended.....

Go pee around your plants... or have your favorite guy do it. Deer do not like human urine.

Or...make friends with a hair dresser and ask for cut hair...this also will keep the deer away.
 
Hi Kaybee! :flower3:

I'm sorry to hear that the deer are treating your garden like a giant buffet table! :(

You might want to check out your favourite garden centre/nurserie. Most of them sell humane deer repellents that you can dust your plants with. Make sure though, before you buy any, that it's non-poisonous and safe for the enviroment.

I've also read about tying bars of soap or sacs of soap flakes to stakes that are level with the tops of shrubs, as a deterrent.

Some suggest trying a sound deterrent. A stake in the ground with a metal garbage can lid attached to it. It will bang in the breeze, and hopefully keep the deer away.

You might want to consider planting deer-resistant plants in your garden, especially surrounding deer-favoured ones.

The following link gives an extensive list of plants, trees, shrubs, etc., that deer dislike, and usually leave alone. Of course, there are no total guarantees, if the deer are hungry enough!

Check this out....

~Deer Proofing Your Garden~

I hope it helps!

Any other suggestions for Kaybee, Buds?

Kim :)
 
Originally posted by amid chaos
OK Kaybee...I'm going to come right out and say this...please don't be offended.....

Go pee around your plants... or have your favorite guy do it. Deer do not like human urine.

Under cover of darkness though, right Vanessa? lol....::yes:: ;) :D
 

Thanks for your replies!! As for the human urine...well I have 3 sons who are more than willing to help me out!! :hyper:
 




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