Re: Deer Damaged Pumpkins

Thanks Alan,

I will try that today on the pumpkin plus now a couple of watermelons 
since I just chased the darn buck out of the watermelons that he 
tried to eat at 2AM this morning thanks to the full moon. I only have 
a 4' fence with a hotwire and a proximity alarm set up in that patch.
  I have built enclosures on the pumpkins with sides to protect them 
plus almost a 7' fence around the patch so hopefully that will at 
least slow him down!

Thanks Again,
Errol


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At 12:14 AM 8/26/2010, you wrote:
>Wash the dried areas with some diluted bleach, let air dry, then 
>spray with the spots with hair spray. This will seal and keep the spots dry.
>
>Alan R.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Errol <errolrw@ultrasys.net>
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Sent: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 7:15 pm
>Subject: Re: Deer Damaged Pumpkins
>
>
>Thanks Bill,
>
>It's is a deer, I have 5 bucks from a young forked buck and all the
>way up to a 5-point buck just coming out of velvet and since the
>tracks of the damaged pumpkin was 3 1/4" and the other 2 sets of
>tracks were about 2 1/2" the older buck I am pretty sure is the
>culprit! The deer around here always hang around, a few years ago a
>herd camped just outside my front room window during the winter and
>you could watch them watch the TV!
>
>I extended the 600 feet 3' higher with a hotwire around the area and
>moved one of my dogs by the patch (chained up!) so he will bark at them.
>
>They have eaten some tomato's and a few other items before but have
>never touched the pumpkins before though....
>
>And I do have some borax I can put on the wounds on the plant but
>since it has scabbed over and isn't soft or oozing I have left it
>alone but I was concerned if I should do something with it as a
>precautionary measure since I am running out of summer days quickly
>here in Colorado, luckily my biggest one he left alone and didn't go
>under the covering!
>
>Errol
>
>
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>
>At 12:46 PM 8/25/2010, you wrote:
>>For the 1st Year in the last 15 years of growing my pumpkins I've
>>had a deer decide that they are tasty!
>>
>>They ate all of my Cinderella and Field pumpkins in one of my
>>patches but they left my big pumpkins that are planted about a acre
>>away alone that night.
>>
>>Then a couple of nights ago they found my big pumpkins and they took
>>about 8 big bites out of my 2nd largest.
>>
>>I have taken countermeasures to protect the pumpkins left just short
>>of putting the 1 big buck out of the 5 that I think is the culprit
>>in the freezer.
>>
>>The bites have scabbed over and don't appear to be going soft but I
>>was wondering if I should put something on the bite chunk spots just
>>in case to protect them or just watch it closely!
>>
>>I do have a few cuke beetles but they haven't bothered my plants and
>>I have been hand picking them off but the deer are a different story.
>>
>>Also I am very reserved on spraying my pumpkins because at the end
>>of the year I recycle my pumpkins by goats and poultry which create
>>the manure for the garden! =-)
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Errol
>>
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