How do I PREVENT deer from eating the vegetable plants in my garden? No chemicals please?

Question

How do I PREVENT deer from eating the vegetable plants in my garden? No chemicals please?

Answer 1

Invite me over during deer season ;) or putting metel pie pans on tomato stakes for the noise, might also work

Answer 2

Good question.  I have seen the deer jump over my 4 foot fence, as if stepping over a stone.  I tried human hair (from a hair salon, which they gladly give you), however after the some rain the scent goes away (or the deer got used to it).  There are products that you spray that have an odor that smells like lion dung.  Lions are deer predators, and the deer believe one is in the area.  This is what the product claims, I've never used it ( I think the deer will adjust ).  We have so many deer, and they are not at all scared of people or the noise we make.  This year I'm trying to grow only tomatoes in planters on my patio.  My neighbors put up a 6 foot stockade fence only about 5 foot square.  They hope the deer will not see the plants, and/or will not jump into such a small area.  A dog will also keep them off your property.  Good luck

Answer 3

Deer really are a problem right now for garderners.  They can do a running high jump of six-foot or better, but two shorter, parallel fences will usually confuse them.

Hanging aluminum foil or pie tins, bars of fragrant deodorant soap, or mothballs in mesh bags from the branches will sometimes frighten deer away from fruit trees. Wind chimes are good noisemakers but a radio in the orchard might work.

The trouble is, the deer quickly loose their fear if you don't alternate between the various methods often. Coyote or other predator, even human urine sprinkled about will cause a deer to seek safer ground. You could also take hair from your hairbrush (you can get plenty of human hair at a barber/beauty salon) and sprinkle it around the perimeter. Good luck. :)

Answer 4

buy some cheese cloth and put over the plants still lets the sun light in but covers the plants

Answer 5

This is what my nana and paw paw did. We heard deer hate the smell of garlic, so they mixed a pack of garlic with water and sprayed around the garden! And garlic is not a chemical, it is a seosaning, so this should work!

Answer 6

Deer would just jump over my four foot fence. I finally started growing food for the deer to eat. Sunflowers around the edge---extra veggies outside the fence--I made it easier for them NOT to go into my garden. If they eat it all then I have lost nothing, if any survives I consider that a bonus. This way I get to see the deer all the time and protect my food.

Answer 7

What works for us is adding ground cayenne to a little water and re-spraying the plants after every rain.  Works well against the rabbits too. It won't change the taste of your veggies, but you will have to wash them after harvesting anyways.

If you are in a rainy area, substitute the water for a light based cooking oil, and it will stay on the plant much longer, but also harder to clean off the actual veggies, so we just hit the leaves.

Answer 8

people used to urinate around their gardens to keep animals away.

Answer 9

humm, no chemicals...

deer slugs, 12ga shotgun.

compound bow

.50cal muzzel loader

or you can insist on your village, town, city, county to keep the deer herds thin.

or you can not plant food for them

or you can accept them for what they are.

Answer 10

A high fence, preferably 4 feet tall. It doesn't have to be wooden, it can be wire mesh. My friends in the country have the same problem with deer, and that is what they use.

Answer 11

A fence is the only thing that will keep deer out of your vegetables.  And it needs to be a sight higher than four feet.  Deer are considered to be one of the most adaptable wild animals there are and a hog wire fence at least six feet, preferably eight feet, high will still keep them out after they grow accustomed and unafraid of all the urine, human hair and soap deterrents.

Answer 12

take a bar of coast soap (or any deordorant bar soap] cut it in pieces, put it in an old pantie hose and tie it to a branch or stake

Answer 13

pee in a jug and pour it 4 to 6 ft away from garden but around garden perimeter.joking aside it works