Re: Deer populations by county
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Deer populations by county
- From: G* A*
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:18:59 -0400
The thing I like best about TreeGuard is that it holds up well in the rains.
The Nortech site shows some hostas with & without and that's really the way
it works......BUT....... deer learn fast so you have to spray again as more
new foliage is produced.
George Africa
Vermont Flower Farm
256 Peacham Pond Road
Marshfield Vermont 05658-8099
Zone 4
-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Johnson <Cidjohnson@AOL.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 3:02 PM
Subject: [SG] Deer populations by county
> <A HREF="http://www.nortechforest.com/Product.html">Click here: Nortech -
>Product Info</A>
>http://www.nortechforest.com/Product.html
>
>Here's a link about Tree Guard, but the I'm sending it shows WHERE the deer
>are (in case you can't tell )...and I thought we had more than the rest of
>you...huh.
>
>btw, Bob Solberg spoke at our MN Hosta Soc meeting Tuesday night (on his
way
>home from the board meeting in Michigan). I thought it was excellent.
Just
>one of the many things he talked about was deer. He said to find a product
>with Bitrex in it..though it may not be labeled such since it's not
approved
>yet??....it might appear as "bitter agent". Then use a latex "sticker"
>(base?) since it lasts 2 to 3 months, as opposed to only about a week for
>soap stickers. I'm not sure if this is something we mix ourselves, or if
we
>can buy a product with both of these in it? The bitter chemical becomes
>systemic...it's safe, can't hurt anyone, BUT where gloves or you'll taste
>it??? one of our members knew what he was talkin about from personal
>experience :-) You'll need to spray it on after the 1st flush of leaves,
>and then again after the 2nd flush, so they too have it on them. He did
>mention Tree Guard, but said Repelex was cheaper and also keeps rabbits
away,
>because of the red-blood plasma in it. It apparently smells awful for 48
hrs.
>
>So, the big question...does it work???
>
>Cindy Johnson
>White Bear Lake, MN
>zone 4a
