Friday, February 12, 2010

Do yu know what can keep racoons and deer away from my watermelons?

Deer are best repelled by scents. One effective method is cheap deodorant soap - drill a few holes in it and hang it near your watermelons. Another method is DeerOff - but make sure its okay for use on edibles - some products can make your food taste funny. There are also products made frm coyote urine that really scare deer away. You can also try netting bunched up over your melons - animals dont like dealing with complicated plastic netting that might entangle them. Another is a taste/scent repellent you can make out of raw eggs and white or red hot pepper whipped up, let sit for a day and then mix with water and spray. Raccoons hate chile peppers too, so try a cayenne mix.Do yu know what can keep racoons and deer away from my watermelons?
George Bush ?Do yu know what can keep racoons and deer away from my watermelons?
A tall fence, with part of it buried in the ground so that the raccoons can't dig under it.





You can also get a sprinkler head that has a motion sensor on it. A neighbor uses this (and a tall fence) to protect her garden.
Speak to someone local at http://www.1800topsoil.com to see what other people in your area do.
An electric fence - that's what my FIL uses.
I don't know either, but if you find out let me know!
I have heard that human hair does the trick. So pull out all your friends' hair...OOPS...NO, don't do that...LOL Just collect it from hairbrushes and combs, and put it in knee high stockings or those mesh bags that onions come in, and hang them around, even if you have to put little stakes up to do so.
maybe you should keep the watermelons away from the racoons and deer.

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