How can I keep deer from eating my tulips?
We have a huge herd of deer that live in our wooded neighborhood and every spring I have to work hard to keep them from eating my tulips. I LOVE to have the deer visit but I dont want them to eat my plants. Anyone know of a safe home remedy I can use to prevent this? I have tried human hair and it does help but it is a pain to do because the hair blows away, etc….. any other ideas?
LOL…….. you guys are funny. I DO hunt actually and love venison but unfortunantly there are A LOT of deer here and I am in city limits so I cant hunt or shoot a gun in city limits. PLus I kind of like the deer. Also I have tried buying deer feed. That just attracts more deer. Then they eat the feed AND the tulips.
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Try planting Marigolds, they don’t like the smell or taste I’ve also heard that male urine (dog or human) can work… There is quite a bit about it in the comments on http://www.deerdeparted on the homemade deer repellent page.
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my first response was going to be: 30-30. have u thought of chicken wire?
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Tear up old sheets or white shirts into small flags. Fence in the area with string and hang the flags on a string. The white flag waving in the wind will signal the white tail deer of danger, thats how they communicate with each other.
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(try moth ball,s ) try this with hair / spread on stickey side of duct
tape lay on ground hold in place by inserting nails so they wont blow away thats the best i can do
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Put a salt lick out.Or don’t grow tulips.
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Hi Kelli,
I gave up. I tried mothballs, coyote urine, commercial deer repellent, motion sensor lights, motion sensor with sound of barking dogs, pepper, human hair sweepings from the barber – everything anyone recommended. Nothing made one iota of difference.
I finally gave up on my tulips and most other flowers. The deer eat everything but they do not like Marigolds so now I have lots of Marigolds.
Norm
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Try using Zest soap. I have heard that this will deter deers from an area. Worth a try.