Re: Deer repellent
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  • Subject: Re: Deer repellent
  • From: P* D* <p*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:05:12 -0600
My husband had bought some Liquid Fence to put on my hibiscus but
havent used it until tonight. I have been moving them in and out of the
garage since the last time the deer ate them down. I decided today that
I need to start leaving them out and spray them to see if it will work.
If not I need to give them away to someone with a fence.

Today I planted 2 big split leaf philendendron and one blue plumbago. We
bought 5 of the variegated flax lilies lirio de lino to put out
tomorrow. I sprayed some liquid fence on the philendendron just as a
deterrent for new growth this first night out. I need to find something
that the deer wont eat but can take some shade to plant as a block
between my neighbor and my bedroom window. I can see her light come on
in the kitchen every morning. There is so much to learn about plants
that live here in zone 9 with 30 of rain on average a year but they
have been in a drought for several years now.

Any advice is welcome!!!
Thank you,
Tricia  

On Feb 23, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Carolyn Magnani <Cersgarden@aol.com> wrote:

> Auralie, the only product I have found to keep the deer at bay is
> Bobbex. We have deer in the garden every day. In the summer I add the
> scare crow at night which I move around. Bobbex does not need to be
> reapplied after rain.
> 
> Ceres (Carolyn)
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Feb 23, 2014, at 3:11 PM, aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> I have struggled with deer for years, and have had off-and-on success with
>> several approaches.  As for planting things they don't eat -that's all well
>> and
>> good except that there always comes a year when they eat everything they
>> never touched before.  Four years ago they ate my Ruta graveolens (Rue) and
>> Artemisia plants, which they had never eaten before.  The only thing that I
>> grow that they only nibble is the perennial yellow foxglove, Digitalis
>> ambigua,
>> which grows like a weed in my yard, but I love it.
>> 
>> However, for the past three years I have had almost total success by spraying
>> almost weekly with Liquid Fence, which is essentially coyote urine.  It's a
>> nuisance, and also expensive, but so far it has worked for me.  But then when
>> we used to spray with a mixture of raw eggs and pepper sauce, it worked for
>> a while, but then one day we saw them licking it off the treetrunk where it
>> had
>> been sprayed,
>> 
>> Good luck with whatever you try.
>> 
>> Auralie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> That is part of the problem Bonnie. The HOA says only metal open bar
>> ence no taller than 4 feet. We have a natural cliff in the back down to
>> pond. it would be a 10' jump to get in so I think we could keep them
>> ut there but not at sides of house.
>> I'm trying to only plant things they don't like for now.
>> 
>> atricia Dickson
>> 22 Olympic Drive
>> ockport, Tx 78382
>> 80-302-0042
>> dickson53@gmail.com
>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 6:39 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Will have to be a high fence as they can really leap.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> From: "Patricia Dickson" <pdickson53@gmail.com>
>> To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:14:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Texas Magazine article
>> 
>> I have planted dwarf yaupons, sago palms, varigated ginger, foxtail
>> ferns and plumbago. I want to plant lots of rosemary and lavender. They
>> talked about split leaf philodendron being a great plant for here that
>> the deer dont bother. We have a lot of live oak trees so there is more
>> shade and partial shade. I have 3 hibiscus and a meyer lemon tree that I
>> have in pots. I have to roll them in and out of the garage right now.
>> Even if I leave them on the back porch the deer will get brave enough to
>> come defoliate them every once in a while. I really need to give them to
>> someone that has a fenced in area.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> supposedly they don't like rosemary or lavender. but I don't have any here
>>> to test it out.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Patricia Dickson
>> <pdickson53@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I love Downton Abby too.
>>>> I have the digital addition for the Texas Gardner magazine and sometimes
>>>> forget to check it out but this month they sent me a reminder. Suzanne
>>>> Labry is my step sister and never brags ( or tells me when she has
>>>> written an article) but they are all great.
>>>> 
>>>> Now that we live in Rockport, Tx we have so many deer that I am not sure
>>>> how much gardening I am going to be able to do. The previous owner told
>>>> me that they had the yard professionally landscaped 2 times and both
>>>> times the deer ate everything. I went to talk at the Extension center
>>>> yesterday and the Master Gardners here are very good at getting good
>>>> information out about how to plant things the deer won t eat, but with
>>>> the drought they still might eat it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patricia Dickson <pdickson53@gmail.com>
>> To: gardenchat <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Wed, Feb 19, 2014 10:40 pm
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Texas Magazine article
>> 
>> 
>> That is part of the problem Bonnie. The HOA says only metal open bar
>> ence no taller than 4 feet. We have a natural cliff in the back down to
>> pond. it would be a 10' jump to get in so I think we could keep them
>> ut there but not at sides of house.
>> I'm trying to only plant things they don't like for now.
>> 
>> atricia Dickson
>> 22 Olympic Drive
>> ockport, Tx 78382
>> 80-302-0042
>> dickson53@gmail.com
>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 6:39 PM, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Will have to be a high fence as they can really leap.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> From: "Patricia Dickson" <pdickson53@gmail.com>
>> To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:14:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Texas Magazine article
>> 
>> I have planted dwarf yaupons, sago palms, varigated ginger, foxtail
>> ferns and plumbago. I want to plant lots of rosemary and lavender. They
>> talked about split leaf philodendron being a great plant for here that
>> the deer dont bother. We have a lot of live oak trees so there is more
>> shade and partial shade. I have 3 hibiscus and a meyer lemon tree that I
>> have in pots. I have to roll them in and out of the garage right now.
>> Even if I leave them on the back porch the deer will get brave enough to
>> come defoliate them every once in a while. I really need to give them to
>> someone that has a fenced in area.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> supposedly they don't like rosemary or lavender. but I don't have any here
>>> to test it out.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Patricia Dickson
>> <pdickson53@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I love Downton Abby too.
>>>> I have the digital addition for the Texas Gardner magazine and sometimes
>>>> forget to check it out but this month they sent me a reminder. Suzanne
>>>> Labry is my step sister and never brags ( or tells me when she has
>>>> written an article) but they are all great.
>>>> 
>>>> Now that we live in Rockport, Tx we have so many deer that I am not sure
>>>> how much gardening I am going to be able to do. The previous owner told
>>>> me that they had the yard professionally landscaped 2 times and both
>>>> times the deer ate everything. I went to talk at the Extension center
>>>> yesterday and the Master Gardners here are very good at getting good
>>>> information out about how to plant things the deer won t eat, but with
>>>> the drought they still might eat it.
>>>> 
>>>> So much to learn and plants to find.
>>>> Tricia
>>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> have the magazine - haven't read it yet - definitely will this weekend,
>>>> now
>>>>> that I've got my Downton Abbey fix - LOL
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Patricia Dickson <pdickson53@gmail.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I just read a great article on Key hole gardening, by Suzanne Labry in
>>>>>> the Texas Gardener. Have any of you heard about it? It sounds wonderful.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tricia Dickson
>>>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Things melting here, but with the ground still frozen, expect flooding
>>>>>> sooner or later. Sounds like winter isn't finished with us yet, either.
>>>>>> The bulbs I planted this fall are probably mush. Oh well.....
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>> Sorry to bother you with this but i had a sudden trip out of the
>>>>>>>>> country
>>>>>>>>> to Greece. Am here to see my ill cousin she is suffering from Kidney
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It looks like Auralie's email was hacked -- don't answer this email
>>>>>>>> and send money. :)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In gardening news, how is everyone holding up with the cold and snow?
>>>>>>>> We're finally getting a few days of warmth that might actually melt
>>>>>>>> the snow here. I'm hoping.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Pam Evans
>>>>> Kemp TX
>>>>> zone 8A
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