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- From: "Tim Inman" <Tim@historicinteriors.com>
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- Subject: [NAFEX] Plantskydd question
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:15:12 -0500
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:41:42 -0700 (PDT) From: william Eggers <wce1482@yahoo.com> Subject: [NAFEX] Plantskydd To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <469918.33981.qm@web38702.mail.mud.yahoo.com">469918.33981.qm@web38702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Has anyone used Plantskydd to keep deer our and did it work. ? Bill Eggers Winterset, Iowa Zone 5a Yes. I have used Plantskydd for several years
now, and find it very effective. I do a couple of other things though,
that you might be interested in.
First, I find the solution recommended on the label
to be way too strong for my home orchard needs. I generally mix about two
heaping tablespoons full of the powder into a gallon of water - maybe two
gallons. I reapply every 6 weeks or so, so maybe that's the
difference.
Also, Plantskydd is a scent cue. They don't
like the dried blood smell. Since my deer and rabbits are somewhat slow
learners, I have also included some Deer Guard with Bitrex, which is the most
awful tasting stuff in the world!, as a little reminder to them that if my
plants don't smell good, they're certainly not going to taste good either.
This works great!
I find that stopping their roaming patterns is very
important. If I can get the scents and tastes out right now, while they
are re-establishing their fall browsing trails, it stops them from developing
the habit of making a side trip through the orchard to check it out. Once
they've set up their trails for the fall and winter, they don't seem to want to
deviate much - which makes it very much easier to keep them out!
I also hang little bags of plain old dried blood
meal at about Bambie nose high in my fruit trees. Helps too.
Good luck! (you'll need it)
Tim Inman
Zone 4 Iowa
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[NAFEX] Plantskydd question,
Tim Inman, 09/22/2009
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