Even though you may have installed asturdy fenceto keep them out, deer are extremely proficient at negotiating and jumping over fences. However, you can take control by investing in a deer repellent, which is a highly effective way of stopping hungry deer from eating your plants and flowers. ...
Active ingredients extracted by the method are applied by spraying on various types of vegetation, e.g., flowers, plants, food crops, bushes and trees, thereby imparting the taste and/or smell of certain plants in the Amaryllidaceae family to the vegetation, which is thus made unpalatable for...
Daffodils, foxgloves, and poppiesare common flowers with a toxicity that deer avoid. Deer also tend to turn their noses up at fragrant plants with strong scents. Herbs such as sages, ornamental salvias, and lavender, as well as flowers like peonies and bearded irises, are just “stinky” t...
Deer are known for going out of their way to avoid most pepper plants, including sweet peppers, jalapenos, ghost peppers, and all the other varieties. Unless there is absolutely nothing else for them to eat in a mile radius or more, deer aren’t likely to ever bother your jalapeno plants...
Below are additional ways to deter deer from eating your plants that can be effective depending on the type of plants you want to protect, the size of your space, budget, and other factors. As mentioned in the beginning of this article, the method(s) you use to deter deer are going to...
the cover each night during this pollination window. When the flowers give way to tiny fruits, you can keep your plants covered all the time. Row covers are designed to trap heat to protect plants from cold; make sure it's OK to leave covers on so you don't overheat your plants. ...
“I am sick. I had no idea we could be harming deer by feeding them. We mostly give them bread, crackers, and cookies. Now I don’t know what to do. They are gathering outside our windows as I write.” “Is corn OK for squirrels and birds?” ...