Choosing The Right Deer Repellent Recipe
Posted by Kurt Dorey on April 5, 2010
Any gardener that lives in a rural area can tell you that it is not the weather or the bugs that cause the most damage, it is the deer. These furry creatures not only eat virtually every plant in the garden but have the unique ability to trample down the surrounding ones while in the process of having dinner. Many of these gardeners have taken to using a homemade deer repellent recipe of some type in order to combat this ever-increasing problem.
While there are a wide variety of these recipes available, the majority of them tend to utilize the same basic ingredients. The list of ingredients is likely to be found already in the home or a brief and inexpensive trip to the grocery store can secure all that is necessary. Almost every one of these recipes, while containing some different ingredients, all seem to use eggs as a base.
The eggs in the mixture act as an adhesive, to keep the mixture on the plants for a period of time. The eggs will also help the mixture withstand some light weather conditions and the occasional spray from a garden hose. The entire egg is not wasted as many of the recipes will call for use of the shells along with the contents.
Since deer react to taste and smell when it comes to a repellent, many people will add ingredients along the lines of cayenne pepper, onion or Tabasco sauce into their repellent mixture. When gearing the mixture towards assaulting the sensitive nose of a deer, garlic may also be added.This will give it an even more offensive odor.
There are others, however, who have found the use of common household soaps to be very effective in keeping deer from eating their plants and away from their garden. The majority of these people have found that by either common dish soap or a bar of deodorant soap to a few gallons of water and spraying the plants, that deer traffic is greatly reduced. The mixtures are created using soaps include the addition of cooking oil to aid in the aid in adhering to the plant leaves.
These combinations of ingredients are applied to the plants by using some type of spray equipment. This can come in the form of a recycled spray bottle from glass cleaner or other household product. For those with a large garden with too many plants to spray by hand, a pump type sprayer, the same type used for spraying insecticides and weed killer, is recommended.
The pump sprayer also cuts down on issues of tiredness or the cramping of a hand while covering a large area. When using the mixture that requires that the eggshells be left in, this may be applied by simply sprinkling it out of the bucket or pail. Both of these methods can be quite effective in ensuring that all of the plants get the proper coverage that they need.
A deer repellent recipe is only as good as its mixture and in this respect, it may take one or two tries before the proper amount of ingredients is found. Almost all of the mixtures found will be environmentally friendly and cause no undue issues with either the plants or the animals. By going online, all of these recipes may be found and compared.
There are many home-made recipes to repel deer. Please visit our site at www.thebestdeerrepellent.com to check some out… You might like the rotten egg recipe or the Texas Pete… People have created some very unusual recipes to keep the deer away from their plants. Some work and some… I don’t know… try and see..
