Deer eating flowers (yard, plants, animals, pepper)

[Pen Vandiver]

We live in a rural area and the deer seem to thrive on the expensive plants I provide them. Is there a good way to "discourage" these nighttime prowlers from making my yard colorless? Any ideas?

[jacqueg]

You can buy or make really stinky stuff to spray on your plants, which actually works pretty well.It's usually some combination of old blood and rotten eggs. Thankfully, deer have much more sensitive noses than people do, so the amount needed to repel them is barely detectable to humans. Some people have decent success with plain blood meal, which is a good fertilizer.

You can google for lists of deer-resistant plants for your area.

None of these methods works 100% of the time. A hungry deer is a determined deer.

The only sure-fire way is to put up a deer fence.

[Pitt Chick]

Liquid Fence... very early in the season. You have to get them used to NOT eating your things well before they are flowering.

[JanND]

Hope these help.

Deer-Resistant Plants : HGTV Gardens

Preventing Deer Damage

[Ghengis]

oh, I was expecting photos here of giant venus fly trap looking things, with hooves and antlers sticking out

(from wiki)

[jambo101]

They certainly do make a wide range of deer deterrents=
https://www.google.ca/#safe=active&q...errent+devices

I like the ones that work by shooting a stream of compressed air.
Or there is the sprinkler variety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feEceifGMU

[1973PINTO]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

oh, I was expecting photos here of giant venus fly trap looking things, with hooves and antlers sticking out

(from wiki)

ha !! that was my thought .. get different flowers

[Gabbythecat]

We know someone that swears by human urine. around the plants. We havent found that to be effective though. We have watched deer run when they have been blasted by water from a motion activated sprinkler - they have them at hardware stores. Unfortunately the sprinklers blast everyone that triggers them. That can be a nuisance. Now we have a 7 foot high deer fence that seems to work the best...we do feel a bit like we are in prison though when we are in the garden!

[cam1957]

I haven't tried this yet, but I'm going to as my son's girlfriend swears by it. Fill a spray bottle with warm water and just a drop or two of dawn dish detergent. Dice a habanero pepper and put in bottle and allow to sit over night. Spray the flowers and the deer and other animals will stay away. If it rains, just re-spray. I don't have flowers blooming yet, but I definitely will try it.

Here's a link I found for some home made solutions.
Deer Repellent Recipes For Homemade Deer Repellent

The urine didn't work for my sister either. They ended up building a cage like structure around their big tiered flower box/garden.

Good luck!

[Nema98]

Just don't hurt the deers and you are good. Why not get a fence?