Do yu know what can keep racoons and deer away from my watermelons?

Answer 1

Deer are best repelled by scents. One effective method is cheap deodorant soap - drill a few holes in it and hang it near your watermelons. Another method is DeerOff - but make sure its okay for use on edibles - some products can make your food taste funny. There are also products made frm coyote urine that really scare deer away. You can also try netting bunched up over your melons - animals dont like dealing with complicated plastic netting that might entangle them. Another is a taste/scent repellent you can make out of raw eggs and white or red hot pepper whipped up, let sit for a day and then mix with water and spray. Raccoons hate chile peppers too, so try a cayenne mix.

Answer 2

No, not really. These little buggers are smart as hell...they have an amazing ability to figure out solutions to complex problems. Here's a few suggestions: Flashing lights, for instance, might work in rural areas where traffic is sparse and the local raccoons are not accustomed to auto headlights or lights from nearby businesses. Urban raccoons may not be fazed for very long by the same tactics. The best way to keep raccoons out of the garden is to fence them out. Two- or three-wire electric fencing, a floppy, C-shaped chicken wire fence or a barrier of sturdy cloth may be effective. For an electric fence, select a charger designed specifically for gardens and two or three hot wires. Place the first one 2 inches above the ground outside of the garden and the next wire 2-3 inches above it inside the garden. A third, higher wire may be necessary. The higher ones should be inside the lower one by about the width of the insultor. An animal trying to go over or under the higher one will put the animal in contact with the other. Touching both wires at aonce is usually unpleasant enough to deter most animals from a return trip to the garden. Be sure to use a charge that electrifies the fences in pulses--a constant charge poses a hazard to birds. Put an electric fence around the entire garden early in the season to keep out rabbits and woodchucks. The wire must be free of vegeteation to be effective. A fence made of 48-wire wide chicken wire needs to be shaped like a large letter C opening outward from the garden. The bottom part of the C rests on the ground to stop raccoons, rabbits and other animals from simply going under the fence. The overhanging part keeps them from climbing or jumpingover. Fasten the wire to sturdy posts so that the top part is floppy. The wire should bend down under the weight of the raccoon trying to climb over it. A nice, tight fence would look better, but raccoons will swarm right up and over it. One more idea: Like a lot of people, aninmals aren't crazy about hot peppers, garlic or onions. A very effective "pesticide" can be made with these common condiments, and it will chase away practically all plant-eating pests, including rabbits and raccoons. Garlic and peppers can be used separately or combined, depending on what you have in the pantry. The ingredients need to be finely ground to release their essences, so a food processor works best. For a gallon of condiment-based pesticide, use three or four peppers, like habaneros or serranos and/or one to two heads of garlic, depending on size. When using garlic or onions, use a pungent variety rather than sweeter versions, like elephant garlic or Vidalia onion (red onion is a sure bet). Blend the ground ingredients together, and steep in two quarts of boiling water. Let the mixture stand overnight and then strain through a sieve and dilute with enough water to make roughly one gallon. Just to make sure that all of your plants will tolerate it, test it out on some of the bottom leaves of whatever you're growing

Answer 3

A tall fence, with part of it buried in the ground so that the raccoons can't dig under it.

You can also get a sprinkler head that has a motion sensor on it. A neighbor uses this (and a tall fence) to protect her garden.

Answer 4

maybe you should keep the watermelons away from the racoons and deer.

Answer 5

I have heard that human hair does the trick. So pull out all your friends' hair...OOPS...NO, don't do that...LOL Just collect it from hairbrushes and combs, and put it in knee high stockings or those mesh bags that onions come in, and hang them around, even if you have to put little stakes up to do so.

Answer 6

George Bush ?

Answer 7

An electric fence - that's what my FIL uses.

Answer 8

Speak to someone local at http://www.1800topsoil.com to see what other people in your area do.

Answer 9

I don't know either, but if you find out let me know!