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- From: "Raby, Brian" <brian.raby@roche.com>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons/apples/roses
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:07:44 -0400
I remember a few years ago that a message thread was going around about
deer prevention in orchards, etc... In this, someone suggested taking a couple
of raw eggs, some water and run the mixture thru a blender. Place it in a
bottle and spray. Need to reapply after a rain event. What triggered that thought was this thread I received yesterday from
Cider Digest on a gardener/grower named Dick Dunn from Hygiene He writes: Deer damage is a common problem for orchards. We don't
see deer here very often, so I've not had much chance to test until recently. A few years ago we had an errant
young buck find his way into the orchard and start sampling. I panicked
and looked all over for whatever repellents were available, found one, applied
it, and had no further problems that year. I continued applying it according to
the most lenient (longest interval) schedule through the growing seasons of
succeeding years. Although I saw no deer damage, I also saw no
deer. So I'd begun to wonder if my treatment was like granny's glass of
water on the kitchen windowsill to keep lightning away. ("It works!
Never been hit by lightning!") This spring I'd noticed what
-looked- like insect damage on a few plants around the place, but last Friday I
caught on when I saw a deer running up our fence line. (I'm slow but I
pick up on subtle cues like that.) So I hurried out and sprayed the repellent
(which I had neglected so far this spring) on all the trees in the
orchard. Along the way I noted various small bits of unwelcome
pruning--the deer had been wandering around sampling the young branches.
Next day I checked and didn't see any more obvious damage to the apples, but a
few of our roses had been literally "nipped in the bud", and I
figured out that some damage to our peas was also deer damage. So I sprayed
everything likely to get hit, not just apples. And no new damage
Sunday...so, so far so good. This morning (Monday) I looked out
to see the deer contentedly grazing!...but on grass nearby the trees.
After chasing it off I checked carefully. No new damage even on small trees
fifteen feet from where he'd been. So this is good enough for me to say
the repellent really works. I don't want to turn this into a
brand-name testimonial, but what I've used is called Liquid Fence. There
might be other products with similar formulations. The main ingredients
are "putrescent egg solids" and garlic. I'm pretty sure the
rotten eggs are the key to the success, because I've heard mixed results with
garlic/capsaicin products. (The other active ingredients are
sodium lauryl sulfate, which I presume is a spreading agent, and potassium
sorbate. Yeah...a preservative?!? Maybe to help the garlic retain
its potency?) Anyway, it works without anything particularly toxic; it
-might- be suitable for organic orchards I don't know. The one real
caution is to pay attention to wind direction when you're spraying! You
do NOT want it on you because it has a thoroughly disgusting smell, and is
persistent. -----Original Message----- Deer just topped my newly planted Early Golden persimmon last
night. It was protected by a 4 foot tree protector, but about 4 inches of growth had just cleared the top. Gone now. As is all the foliage from
the 7" tall Dunstan chestnut in a pot on my front porch! And to think, this week I had been delighting in the early morning fawn antics around my place. No more warm and fuzzy feelings for the "hoofed rats" as
Lucky so eloquently refers to them. Betsy Hilborn 7a NC _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification
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- Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification, Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Warning, Mushroom compost!, Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Saundra Scarce, 06/06/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lori Rizzo, 06/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Uses for weeds, Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] Weed identification,
Lori Rizzo, 06/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Lucky Pittman, 06/07/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?, Chris Garriss, 06/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Anton Callaway, 06/07/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Hilborn . E, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons/apples/roses,
Raby, Brian, 06/11/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons/apples/roses, Ed Fackler, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons? And goats too! Some fruit is ripe., Hilborn . E, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons/apples/roses,
Raby, Brian, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Hilborn . E, 06/11/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] deer eating persimmons?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 06/11/2009
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