I said I would update my organic deer repellent—especially if I had more damage. Okay, here goes.
Having transplanted a bed full of cannas to a new bed, a couple of weeks later I discovered two cannas that I missed, so I dug them up and replanted them. Then we had rain (wonderful!) and I failed to give the new transplanted cannas a shot of my potion. Result? One of the cannas was pulled from the ground and chewed up. The telltale footprints next to the dead plant left no doubt as to the culprit. Lesson learned!
I have since done a lot more planting (including some tasty seedlings I started myself) and all plantings have received a shot of the smelly potion (pretty much just smells like sour milk). So far that one canna is the only damage since the planting started in mid January.
Our next door neighbors (also new to the neighborhood) have been doing some gardening as well, and they had buds on a rosebush nibbled one night last week. I sprayed their other rose bushes the next day and mixed up a batch of concentrate for them to use. So far, the deer have not returned—or if they returned, they decided not to snack.
Stay tuned!
Having transplanted a bed full of cannas to a new bed, a couple of weeks later I discovered two cannas that I missed, so I dug them up and replanted them. Then we had rain (wonderful!) and I failed to give the new transplanted cannas a shot of my potion. Result? One of the cannas was pulled from the ground and chewed up. The telltale footprints next to the dead plant left no doubt as to the culprit. Lesson learned!
I have since done a lot more planting (including some tasty seedlings I started myself) and all plantings have received a shot of the smelly potion (pretty much just smells like sour milk). So far that one canna is the only damage since the planting started in mid January.
Our next door neighbors (also new to the neighborhood) have been doing some gardening as well, and they had buds on a rosebush nibbled one night last week. I sprayed their other rose bushes the next day and mixed up a batch of concentrate for them to use. So far, the deer have not returned—or if they returned, they decided not to snack.
Stay tuned!
2 comments:
Good job! soon you'll have a new business started.
Nah--I already "published" the recipe on the blog. Ownership rights are so 20th century!
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