1 White-tailed Deer in Home Fruit Plantings
- Author: extension.psu.edu
- Published Date: 04/28/2022
- Review: 4.95 (789 vote)
- Summary: · Area repellents include tankage (putrefied meat scraps), ammonium soaps, bone tar oil, blood meal, and human hair. Contact repellents work by
- Matching search results: Deer cause damage to fruit plants year-round, but the most serious damage occurs in the winter months when the availability of natural foods is limited. Dwarf, semidwarf, and young standard fruit trees are the most susceptible because most of the …
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2 5 Tips for Protecting Fruit Trees from Deer and Other Wildlife
- Author: foodgardening.mequoda.com
- Published Date: 04/02/2022
- Review: 4.68 (482 vote)
- Summary: Build a fence . Set three or four posts into the ground around your tree and wrap them with chicken wire or mesh fencing. Make sure the fencing is five to six-feet tall so deer (or rabbits) can’t get to it. The circumference of the fence should be small enough so deer can’t jump into it
- Matching search results: 5. Get smelly. This last one comes from Bob Vila. I haven’t tried it, but it seems a number of people have had luck with this method. Make a homemade deer repellent by blending together three eggs, three tablespoons of milk, three cloves of garlic, …
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3 How to Deer Proof an Apple Tree
- Author: homeguides.sfgate.com
- Published Date: 03/29/2022
- Review: 4.48 (290 vote)
- Summary: Because deer benefit from the presence of apple trees, one option to prevent them from going after your cultivated plants is to consider growing a few wild
- Matching search results: 5. Get smelly. This last one comes from Bob Vila. I haven’t tried it, but it seems a number of people have had luck with this method. Make a homemade deer repellent by blending together three eggs, three tablespoons of milk, three cloves of garlic, …
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4 Build a Simple Fence to Protect Fruit Trees From Deer
- Author: hobbyfarms.com
- Published Date: 01/22/2022
- Review: 4.31 (513 vote)
- Summary: · So, I wound up constructing variations of the simple, effective fence I built to protect the farm garden from marauding deer. The main
- Matching search results: So I’m sure you can understand my concern when I planted 10 young fruit trees to start a new orchard on my farm. It seems that deer like nothing better than to eat special plants standing out in the open—forget that there’s a whole national forest …
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5 Deer Protection for Precious Crops & Trees – Cloverfield Organic Farm
- Author: cloverfieldfarm.us
- Published Date: 06/05/2022
- Review: 4.05 (488 vote)
- Summary: · We found, however, that the cute browsing deer were predating a bit too much on our fruit trees and vegetable beds
- Matching search results: So I’m sure you can understand my concern when I planted 10 young fruit trees to start a new orchard on my farm. It seems that deer like nothing better than to eat special plants standing out in the open—forget that there’s a whole national forest …
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6 Protecting Fruit Trees From Deer
- Author: thriftyfun.com
- Published Date: 07/06/2022
- Review: 3.94 (283 vote)
- Summary: A deer standing in an orchard. In the fall, deer will nibble the upcomming buds off the apple trees, ruining the tree and the new to be fruits. For tomato cages
- Matching search results: So I’m sure you can understand my concern when I planted 10 young fruit trees to start a new orchard on my farm. It seems that deer like nothing better than to eat special plants standing out in the open—forget that there’s a whole national forest …
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7 Make Fruit Trees Immune to Deer | One Secret You Cant Miss
- Author: offgridpermaculture.com
- Published Date: 11/15/2021
- Review: 3.63 (276 vote)
- Summary: The best way to protect fruit trees from deer is to install an 8-foot tall fence around your garden or property. Other solutions like deer-resistant plants, and
- Matching search results: Of all the alternatives on this list, electric fences are the second-best way to handle deer in your property. But the downside of having it is the maintenance. Because deer can crawl underneath the electric fence, lowering the wire is crucial to …
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8 Protect your fruit trees from deer, rabbits and voles
- Author: plantskydd.com
- Published Date: 02/22/2022
- Review: 3.51 (459 vote)
- Summary: This spring, before your fruit trees form buds or 2-3 weeks after the flowers fade, protect them with liquid Plantskydd Deer, Rabbit, Vole Repellent
- Matching search results: Of all the alternatives on this list, electric fences are the second-best way to handle deer in your property. But the downside of having it is the maintenance. Because deer can crawl underneath the electric fence, lowering the wire is crucial to …
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9 Fruit Growers: Protect Trees From Deer Damage
- Author: deerbusterscanada.ca
- Published Date: 08/14/2022
- Review: 3.34 (395 vote)
- Summary: Fruit growers with young trees should protect them from deer damage before early fall with tree wraps. Tree guards easily wrap around tree barks,
- Matching search results: Of all the alternatives on this list, electric fences are the second-best way to handle deer in your property. But the downside of having it is the maintenance. Because deer can crawl underneath the electric fence, lowering the wire is crucial to …
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10 Protecting Fruit from Wildlife | University of Maryland Extension
- Author: extension.umd.edu
- Published Date: 12/25/2021
- Review: 3.03 (312 vote)
- Summary: · A solidly constructed fence of deer netting or wire mesh 8 feet high. … A solid 6-foot privacy fence or wall. Although deer can jump over it,
- Matching search results: • Mow lawn and turf areas regularly. Pull mulch away from the trunks and crowns of fruit plants to prevent voles from hiding in the mulch and chewing bark. • Voles will avoid digging in pea gravel. Lay it at the base of fruit trees before winter. • …
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11 Protecting fruit trees from deer
- Author: oklahoman.com
- Published Date: 07/13/2022
- Review: 2.88 (168 vote)
- Summary: · Protecting fruit trees from deer. By Steve Dobbs. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m battling moles and armadillos in my irrigated landscape
- Matching search results: • Mow lawn and turf areas regularly. Pull mulch away from the trunks and crowns of fruit plants to prevent voles from hiding in the mulch and chewing bark. • Voles will avoid digging in pea gravel. Lay it at the base of fruit trees before winter. • …
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12 Deer Deterrents – Century Farm Orchards
- Author: centuryfarmorchards.com
- Published Date: 10/27/2021
- Review: 2.86 (149 vote)
- Summary: Deer Deterrents · 1. The best way to keep deer away from apple trees is to build a fence. · 2. Put a wire hoop around each tree that is 4 feet in diameter and
- Matching search results: -Fence #1. Place one strand of electric fence wire (17 gauge) around the trees planted. The fence should be about 30 inches off of the ground. Attach the fence to an electric fence box. Read all instructions on the electric fence energizer carefully …
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13 Deer Eating Fruit Trees: How To Protect Fruit Trees From Deer
- Author: gardeningknowhow.com
- Published Date: 09/07/2022
- Review: 2.76 (91 vote)
- Summary: · Hang bags of these items 20 feet (6 m.) apart and 30 inches (76 cm.) from the ground. Contact repellent, those that deter due to taste include
- Matching search results: Alternatively, you can install an electric fence which encourages behavior modification amongst the deer. Although they can easily jump the fence, the deer eating your fruit trees may instead tend to crawl under the fence or just plain go through …
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14 Protecting Your Garden, Trees And Landscape From Deer
- Author: oldworldgardenfarms.com
- Published Date: 10/26/2021
- Review: 2.54 (200 vote)
- Summary: · Another way to protect small trees and shrubs is with less expensive deer netting. For us
- Matching search results: Plants like strawberries, hostas, phlox and tulips are among the favorites of deer – so if you do plant them – plant them in areas close to the house – or that are easy to protect with a net or simple deer fence. We net our strawberries to keep out …
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15 Wildlife Damage – Cooperative Extension: Tree Fruits
- Author: extension.umaine.edu
- Published Date: 05/30/2022
- Review: 2.58 (50 vote)
- Summary: An 8′ fence is the most effective method of keeping deer away from fruit trees, but is also the most costly. A shorter fence encompassing the individual tree
- Matching search results: Plants like strawberries, hostas, phlox and tulips are among the favorites of deer – so if you do plant them – plant them in areas close to the house – or that are easy to protect with a net or simple deer fence. We net our strawberries to keep out …
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16 Protecting Fruit Trees From Deer and Rabbits – Rural Dreams
- Author: ruraldreams.ca
- Published Date: 05/06/2022
- Review: 2.31 (110 vote)
- Summary: · The fencing we use has very small mesh – 2×4 inches – and keeps the rabbits out. It is also quite tall – 5 feet – so it protects the trees from
- Matching search results: Plants like strawberries, hostas, phlox and tulips are among the favorites of deer – so if you do plant them – plant them in areas close to the house – or that are easy to protect with a net or simple deer fence. We net our strawberries to keep out …
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17 Keeping Deer Off Your Fruit Trees
- Author: starkbros.com
- Published Date: 01/31/2022
- Review: 2.22 (132 vote)
- Summary: Place tent stakes or landscape fabric staples over the bottom of the wire cage directly across from the t-post. *For windy locations, or for extra protection, a
- Matching search results: Plants like strawberries, hostas, phlox and tulips are among the favorites of deer – so if you do plant them – plant them in areas close to the house – or that are easy to protect with a net or simple deer fence. We net our strawberries to keep out …
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18 Deer / RHS Gardening
- Author: rhs.org.uk
- Published Date: 01/14/2022
- Review: 2.21 (198 vote)
- Summary: Tree guards will be necessary to protect young trees from fraying if the garden is not fenced. The best way of doing this is to place three or four stakes or
- Matching search results: Plants like strawberries, hostas, phlox and tulips are among the favorites of deer – so if you do plant them – plant them in areas close to the house – or that are easy to protect with a net or simple deer fence. We net our strawberries to keep out …
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19 Protect Trees From Deer Damage
- Author: naturehills.com
- Published Date: 05/23/2022
- Review: 2.12 (91 vote)
- Summary: · Surround tree trunks with protective wrap or tree guards. · Install a deer-proof fence around the perimeter of your property. · Circle your trees
- Matching search results: The best way to protect your trees is to prevent the deer from having close access to the tree trunk or low hanging branches. Physical barriers are effective and offer a variety of choices depending on the size of the property and aesthetic …
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20 Keeping deer away from orchard
- Author: permies.com
- Published Date: 03/26/2022
- Review: 2.09 (103 vote)
- Summary: · You can make the fence diameter small to only protect the trunk which will only allow the deer to browse the branches as they grow. You need
- Matching search results: The best way to protect your trees is to prevent the deer from having close access to the tree trunk or low hanging branches. Physical barriers are effective and offer a variety of choices depending on the size of the property and aesthetic …
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21 Fruit tree planting accessories – Orange Pippin Trees
- Author: orangepippintrees.co.uk
- Published Date: 04/26/2022
- Review: 1.88 (119 vote)
- Summary: products available to help support and protect your newly-planted fruit trees. … If you have rabbits or deer in the vicinity, or are in a very exposed
- Matching search results: These are often used in forestry planting, to provide a warm sheltered microclimate around the tree to encourage growth. However they are generally not suitable for fruit trees, because they prevent the development of the lower framework branches …
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