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Planting Under Trees - Part 9Read the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next » » Daffyclay - Marge, On dear, or is oh dear? I have used Deer Away, Hinder Marge,On dear, or is oh dear? I have used Deer Away, Hinder, a dozen other products, to include Cayote urine, soap, concrete rebar on the ground, and noise. They all work marginally. You were right that if you don't get back in time with reapplication after a rain, etc., your asiatic lillies are mowed to the ground overnight, and the hosta no longer have foliage. I'm banking on the permanent solution being the stockade fence. The deer herd has gotten so big, that anything other than a permanent solution is a waste of time. Now on permanent solutions, I'm not beyond have "bambi" chops for dinner, if it were legal to hunt the critters. I'll be off for a week to Dallas. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Marge_Talt - Clay, Sounds like you've run the gambit all right! Out of cu Clay,Sounds like you've run the gambit all right! Out of curiosity, what did you do with the rebar? Mine don't seem to mow anything but the yews, which they strip bare of needles and the ivy - so I have "picturesque" brown stems. Instead, they eat a few leaves and leave the stems to let me know about it. Or half a leaf and tear off the other half and leave it on the ground....(gnashing of teeth). Have a good and safe trip to Dallas...I'll miss you while you're gone. See ya' in a week or so :-) Marge
-- posted by Marge_Talt » Daffyclay - Marge, You asked about the rebar. The perferred rebar is the Marge,You asked about the rebar. The perferred rebar is the type they use in concrete driveways. It's like a fence with heavy steel wire. The technique is to place it on the ground, about five feet around those plants/shrubs etc that you don't want eaten. Deer hate to walk over the stuff as it grabs their hoves. Therefore, if acts like a cattle guard for deer. It's moderately effective, except the heavy wire rebar does a job on the lawn mower, if you forget and try to mow over it. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Marge_Talt - Hey, Clay - Welcome Home! How was your trip? Ahhh....well, w Hey, Clay - Welcome Home! How was your trip?Ahhh....well, what you call rebar, I call welded wire mesh. To me, rebar is a round steel bar with ridges used to reinforce concrete walls, footings, etc. WWM is put under concrete slabs. I was envisioning some kind of Maginot Line of steel bars sticking up out of the ground, but couldn't figure out how that would stop a determined deer :-) Thanks for the enlightenment. I hadn't thought of WWM as a groundsheet. Hmmmm...wonder if it would work in the woods? Would take miles of it. How deep does it have to be? The whole width of the roll it comes in? Hmmm....another possibility and I wouldn't have any lawnmower problems in the woods Marge -- posted by Marge_Talt » Daffyclay - Marge, Your WWW, or rebar by any other name, comes in five fo Marge,Your WWW, or rebar by any other name, comes in five foot wide sections. Just lay it on top of the ground. And,...and, ...and, keep the lawn mower away, unless you just really want another lawn mower. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Cottage_Garden - It doesn't work if you have snow cover -- if it's anything like It doesn't work if you have snow cover -- if it's anything like the plastic mesh that's supposed to work the same way.Our deer were not deterred by that approach (netting on the ground) until I draped the stuff over lawn chairs so that it wiggled in the wind. That finally made them pause. But talk about unsightly! Barbara Martin -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Daffyclay - Barbara, I agree that plastic mesh doesn't deter them, but th Barbara,I agree that plastic mesh doesn't deter them, but they really don't like Welded Wire Mesh. My John Kennedy rose protected that way was the only thing in my garden to survive the year, before I fenced. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Cottage_Garden - I wonder if barnyard wire would work the same way -- it's a lot I wonder if barnyard wire would work the same way -- it's a lot cheaper when you have hundreds of feet to border. But I suppose it would still have to be raised in times of snow, don't you?Barbara Martin -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Daffyclay - Agreed, you have to raise them in the snow. Or get yourself a b Agreed, you have to raise them in the snow. Or get yourself a bow hunter to take care of the problem.Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Marge_Talt - What I was wondering, Clay, was whether you needed the full 5 fe What I was wondering, Clay, was whether you needed the full 5 feet or could cut it in half - thus needing to buy less :-) Of course, cutting it isn't any picnic.Hadn't thought about having to lift it when it snows...that could be a real problem around here when we get those 18" and 24" snows! Barbara, what is barnyard wire? Marge -- posted by Marge_Talt « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next » Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. |
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