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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

I tried Thiram as a repellant for deer feeding.   Zero effect, but I 
commited the 2 main errors with most repellants: started applications AFTER 
the deer had decided to feed regularly, and I didn't use a sticker.

tc, s.WI, and my place used to be called "Deerwalk Farm"


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Diane" <disk@iserv.net>
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Deer Damage
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:59:25 -0500

Here in MI I have an orchard of 8 acres of apples.I am adjacent to 350 acres 
of no hunting due to a county park.They hid all day in the park and sneak 
over at night.We shoot about 20 to 30 every hunting season.I then get 
permits from the dnr during the winter to shoot out of season.We still 
suffer huge financial damage.If apples were worth any money I would out up a 
fence.This year is one of the coldest with deep snow so the damage is 
severe.One year I planted pumpkins and got 30,000 lbs.The next year the deer 
found they liked them and I got ONE PUMPKIN!! Anyway what I wanted to tell 
the group was I use Thiram Granuflo 65 wp? as my main fungicide for most of 
the year.Thiram is a main ingredient in some deer repellents.It is an old 
fungicide with fair to good scab control.Like captan, resistance is unlikely 
due to it's mode of action.Be sure to add a sticker as it does not stick 
very well.I would guess it cut my spring and summer deer damage in half.I am 
still looking for a winter control.     good luck,skip s.  zone 5

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