Does any one have an issue with deer eating their okra plants? Seven dust keeps em off for a day or two but still eating my plants.. And tips??
Deer problem?
- Thread starter tntrkkllr
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Other than tall fence and or hot wire. Try moth balls
My garden is very small and I noticed today that most of my okra tops all have been eaten. I'm not much of a gardener so the deer will probably eat more than I'll harvest.
But yeah any tips would be great.
But yeah any tips would be great.
MickThompson
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Hot wire smeared with peanut butter will cure it
I like the way you think
MickThompson
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It trains the deer that food at that spot has consequences
Try getting bags of hair from your local barbershop, then sprinkling it around the edge of your garden. That will normally keep deer out of the garden altogether until the wind blows the hair away or the human scent dissipates.
If you try it for a couple of weeks, do a follow-up post here to let everyone know how it worked.
i make a two strand fence out of rebar and twine. the inner line is about 4ft and the outer is about 2.5 feet and about 3 feet back. i tie rags to it and spray putrid spray. it seems to keep them out. i had to liwer it one day to get mybwheel barrow in and they ate up my cukes overnight after i forgot to put it back up.
i also make a spray out of neem oil and ground cayenne pepper to spray on plants.
i also make a spray out of neem oil and ground cayenne pepper to spray on plants.
backyardtndeer
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Don't have any issues with deer in our garden. We do have electric fence around it though, and the horses pasture is in the other side of the fence.
mike52
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May try fishing string around the garden. Use #50 test about knee high tied to something that will not give-deer will walk into it and spook because they can not figure out what it is that spooked them
