I have a new veggie garden in the middle of a field where I have seen deer. Can I specifically feed them at one end of the field to keep them away from my garden? What would I feed them? Anyone done this successfully? Will deer eat a flower garden?
2006-08-13 16:23:10 · 6 answers · asked by BoBo 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Deer will eat a flower garden. Feeding them anywhere close to where you don't want them to be will backfire. They will eat the food there and then browse around looking to see what else is available. You will just encourage them to stick around.
An 8 foot fence will help. If that is not practical, get some water sprinklers and point them at the garden with motion sensors to turn the water on when the deer are present. This usually works and is ASPCA approved. You need to make it uncomfortable for them to be in the garden.
2006-08-13 16:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Feeding the deer in another place will not work. They will feed at the spot you have set up, then move over to your veggie garden.
I would suggest fencing, or if you can't afford it, using CAUTION tape, the yellow tape like at crime scenes, and putting it around your garden, tying long stings of it at various places so it flaps and spooks the deer.
Human hair or bar soap in nylons are said to help too, you hang them in various places around the garden, and the scent make the deer think a human is around.
Yes the deer will eat a flower garden, especially if you have planted some nice yummy varieties that they love to eat.
2006-08-13 16:31:12 · answer #2 · answered by spottedtan5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs, human hair, Ivory soap, coyote urine, a radio left on all night, all are deer repellents. Problem is, the deer become acclimated to whatever you put out in a couple of weeks. A tall fence or the frequent presence of a dog are the only things I've found to work. That, and a thirty-ought-six.
Signed,
frustrated gardener
2006-08-14 12:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have lots of deer at my place too. You can feed them elsewhere if you want, but they probably will invade your garden. You really need to put a fence around your garden, even if its just T posts and hardware cloth. If you cant put a fence up, you can put human hair in your garden and they will be repelled by this. Every time you clean out your hairbrush, put it in the garden, or ask your local beauty shop to save it for you. Good luck!
2006-08-13 16:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If deer are in the area, they will eventually find your vegetable garden and will eat whatever they like. Deer definately will also eat a flower garden!
2006-08-14 01:25:56 · answer #5 · answered by Chrissy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a local barber shop..ask them for the hair that they sweep off the floor. Deer are repelled by the smell from human hair. Place this along the perimiter where you do not want them to be.
2006-08-13 16:26:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋