Aquaman2112
Active member
Deer are very smart!! I have found that you must change things up. Bury a small pocket radio with it barley on. soap / hair/ urines work all these for short periods of time the key is to swap them up on a regular basis so the deer end up spocked from the area because of the different but consistent signs of danger....
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i hate deer
usawontstopme
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Just another thing to add to yalls ideas, try ropping the area off with Fishing string 30lbs test line that does the trick for larger critter like dear at least for me. Yea the urine i dea works wonders for them also but when it rain you have to do it again.
sMack-CFS!
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I just pissed around the area of my plants. They were in a area with a ton of deer too, so I guess it worked pretty well. You really only have to worry about it when theyre young though, the mammals tend stay away from em when they get older.
The slugs.. the slugs are a diffferent story, but theyre just as easy to keep away. Strip some copper speaker wire, and tie it lightly around the base of each plant. Its either because the wire generates a small electrical field that the slugs dont like, or because its slightly acidic and the slugs dont like to tough it. Either way, as soon as I put the copper aorund the stalks, I never had another problem with slugs all season.
The slugs.. the slugs are a diffferent story, but theyre just as easy to keep away. Strip some copper speaker wire, and tie it lightly around the base of each plant. Its either because the wire generates a small electrical field that the slugs dont like, or because its slightly acidic and the slugs dont like to tough it. Either way, as soon as I put the copper aorund the stalks, I never had another problem with slugs all season.
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irie-i
no one single answer
no one single answer
but there are many solutions, mix and match and changeup week to week the sprays mentioned in the other posts. i think its okay to spray pepper on the plants, but not too late in flowring.
spread mothballs around
fishing line, tie a tin can with pepples in it to the line and then there will be a startleing noise. like a tripwire w/o the explosions
as for urine, human, coyote, panther or otherwise:
drill a few holes in a plastic film container, fill it with cotton balls, pour the urine into the cotton balls, i use a little bottle that just drips it out, you dont need much.
then put the lid on it, thread some twine through a couple of holes you drilled near the top. hang the whole thing from your plant. refresh periodically.
that may solve the dissapearing scent problem.
but deer arent dumb, they will systematically try a fence up and down, pushing and pulling till they find a week spot, and then ram it or pull it till it comes down.
'use as many remedies as you can, and change em up, so they dont get used to it.
i grow on an island that has no predators, the deer are a nightmare
nothing beats a good fence, tied with tension (like the walls of a circus tent) and tied to logs or rocks all around the bottom.
i am irie
no one single answer
but there are many solutions, mix and match and changeup week to week the sprays mentioned in the other posts. i think its okay to spray pepper on the plants, but not too late in flowring.
spread mothballs around
fishing line, tie a tin can with pepples in it to the line and then there will be a startleing noise. like a tripwire w/o the explosions
as for urine, human, coyote, panther or otherwise:
drill a few holes in a plastic film container, fill it with cotton balls, pour the urine into the cotton balls, i use a little bottle that just drips it out, you dont need much.
then put the lid on it, thread some twine through a couple of holes you drilled near the top. hang the whole thing from your plant. refresh periodically.
that may solve the dissapearing scent problem.
but deer arent dumb, they will systematically try a fence up and down, pushing and pulling till they find a week spot, and then ram it or pull it till it comes down.
'use as many remedies as you can, and change em up, so they dont get used to it.
i grow on an island that has no predators, the deer are a nightmare
nothing beats a good fence, tied with tension (like the walls of a circus tent) and tied to logs or rocks all around the bottom.
i am irie
PHL8T ME
Member
I've taken 3-5 year old bucks (they are the smart ones) off of stands that I have pissed off of. There is also an article in the NRA mag last month that states the hunter pees in a bucks scrape on the ground. Most hunting authorities say that piss is piss to most animals, and smells the same as all other piss after several hours. I have used, and several gurilla grower friends have used dog hair with great results.
Has anyone ever tried picking up a road-kill skunk? If you could stand to walk it out to the plot, it just might work! hahahahaha
Has anyone ever tried picking up a road-kill skunk? If you could stand to walk it out to the plot, it just might work! hahahahaha
br26
Active member
been vegging about a couple little ones and finally brought em outside. i'm using promix with a small amount of added blood meal and lime. so two of them i threw in the ground and the other two were in pots. two days of cold weather passes and drops down to only 28f. so i get off my ass, and go check on them again when it heats up to about 50f.
one of the potted plants were knocked over, battered from the storm we just had. as for the plants in the ground, one survived also, and the other looked like it was dug out. paw prints and dog dudu were frequent in the area. so , i came to the conclustion that a coyote was lookin for the blood in the ground. it dug and dug, but the plant was just stomped on. he must have been pissed to not get anything.
i'm prayin that they don't eat trample more
don't use bloodmeal outside!
one of the potted plants were knocked over, battered from the storm we just had. as for the plants in the ground, one survived also, and the other looked like it was dug out. paw prints and dog dudu were frequent in the area. so , i came to the conclustion that a coyote was lookin for the blood in the ground. it dug and dug, but the plant was just stomped on. he must have been pissed to not get anything.
i'm prayin that they don't eat trample more
don't use bloodmeal outside!
I have had serious deer pressure where I work the only thing that has any lasting effect are the little bottles with a cotton ball and filled with urine and a circle of horticultural dried blood about 5 ft away from the plants. If the blood is too close possum will dig it up looking for the source of the blood. But blood lasts a very long time and scares the hell out of herbivorous pests Also an egg cracked and placed about 4 feet away works ok. The netting caused problems for me. Dog hair works some of the time but not 100% same with soap. Hot pepper wax is ok but not great. The animals will often nibble on the sprayed plants but not eat them entirely and may stomp on them. A friend suggested large cat manur placed in a panty hose and tied nearby I might try this year if I can find. Some gardening stores sell coyote wolf and fox urine to put in the bottles. Also if you have to piss when working on you plants you might as well piss near your plants.
tankgunner
Member
the soap? i still use it, i hang it from tree limbs. but last year something ate like half a bar of Coast. damb!
CarharttKidd
Member
Damn, shoulda picked a grow sight you can shoot the fuckers on. We be grillin tonight.
