Deer Repellents can be very effective and easy to use
Deer will almost always stay away from plants that offend two or more senses. Therefore, if a plant tastes
and smells offensive deer will avoid the general area it's planted in. Deer resistant gardener use's this knowledge to their
advantage.
Yardiac.com recommends using two deer deterrents together (one that offends the sense of smell and one that
offends the sense of taste) they will render your tasty plant repulsive to deer.
The best combination we have found is:
Tree
Guard or Hot Pepper Wax used
in conjunction with Coyote
Urine.
Using two products will activate the sense of smell and taste and encourage the deer to move on to more
attractive foliage (hopefully not your neighbors) You can learn more about or purchase these products at Yardiac.com's animal repellent
department.
Deer hate hot and spicy foods
After one little nibble of a plant coated with hot pepper wax they will definitely say, “No thank you!” when it comes time for
seconds. Hot pepper wax combines hot cayenne pepper extract in a food-grade wax. Unlike some solutions, the wax will not wash off of your plants
for several weeks.
Applying hot pepper wax to the surfaces of your plants & hanging dispensers filled with Coyote Urine is possibly the most
effective method of protecting your plants from deer browsing. Why do predator urine and hot pepper wax work best when used together? Most deer
deterrents work on the premise of “offending” one of the deer’s five senses: sight, taste, smell, hearing or touch. Predator urine works on the
sense of smell, while hot pepper wax works on the sense of taste. Using these two products together you are not just offending one sense but
two.
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