Re: plants deer LOVE
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- Subject: Re: plants deer LOVE
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:56:27 -0500
Agree, they will eat things they like and leave others alone until
they can't get at what they prefer. Illustration.....after I started
fencing in the Yews and Azaleas, they went after the rhodies, which
they had left alone before. After I fenced those in, they ate all
the foliage from the overwintering clumps of Lunaria annua
(moneyplant) - and hit the Ajuga...plants they have walked over for
years without touching.
They learn where the plants they prefer are growing and go check on
them on a regular basis.
A lure garden might work if it were in their habitual path...they get
a routine going - make the rounds in about the same way every night.
The trick would be getting a lure garden going and mature enough to
sustain their munching...have to fence it in or they'd never give it
a chance.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Leslie McKendry-Smith <McKendrySmith@mbnet.mb.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 9:37 AM
>
> At 11:44 PM 03/27/00 EST, Bill wrote:
> >I was surprised when the deer ate my conifers and roses. They
will eat
> >almost anything. We have hung soap in plastic bags (helps a
little), but
> the
> >best deterrent I have found is to put wire mesh flat on the ground
around
> the
> >plants you want to protect. Deer don't like to stand on the wire
mesh.
> I've
> >got some old chain link fencing I use for that. But watch out
when you mow!
>
> I find that there isn't a "single" method that will deter deer. I
use as
> many as practical. I hang soap from trees and place chicken wire on
the
> ground. When periennials start to emerge in the spring I place
chicken wire
> on top of the garden until the plants can stand a little munching.
I've
> also used commercial deer deterents but only when the herd is
particularly
> large. I don't think it will be necessary this year.
>
> As several people have mentioned, deer will eay anything! But I've
noticed
> that they have preferences and if their favourite plants are
available,
> they leave their less favourite plants alone. For example, every
year deer
> will eat my mother's daylilies to the ground but they've never
touched
> mine. This is the same herd so it's not some kind of genetic
difference,
> although I do agree genetics play a part in food preferences. The
> difference between my garden and my mothers is that I have roses
and my mom
> does not. Deer really like roses!!!
>
> Anyone else noticed this or am I imagining it. If it's true,
perhaps
> another way to protect gardens from deer would be to plant a "lure"
garden
> that would keep deer away from the main garden.
>
> Leslie
> zone 3 southern Manitoba
>
>
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