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Sun, Feb 9, 14 at 19:14
| I'm planning out my vegetable garden for this coming summer and I'm wondering this: Are there any vegetables that the deer might leave alone? I have a small area I'd like to extend into but it isn't fenced in. I don't have a lot of hope for this question but thought I'd put it out there. Thanks for any help. |
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| Deer will just about anything in a vegetable garden. You will need fencing. |
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- Posted by bmoser z6PA (b2m2@moserproduce.com) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 10:05
| You might want to try onions, leeks or garlic. You might get a few nibblers but your crop should not be affected. |
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- Posted by sweetquietplace 6 WNC Mtn. (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 10:40
| My deer don't bother the winter squash that have the thorny stickers on the leaves and stalks. And they only take an occasional nibble out of my potatoes. There's different scents that repel deer, such as rotten eggs. However, that will repel you as well...but there's other things you can use. Google deer repellent and you'll get some good ideas. At the end of the day before I head into the house for a shower, I leave my sweaty t-shirt in the garden for overnight. That leaves a strong human scent. |
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- Posted by tishtoshnm 6/NM (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 22:17
| If you plant outside the fence, just try to protect it somehow. I have had deer eat onions and asparagus and all kinds of things they often supposedly do not eat. For winter squash, I find that they will stomp the smaller ones and eat them (the larger ones they will leave alone if hard enough). So, when I plant these things outside a fence, I cover them with bird netting. The deer do not enjoy it. The darn things even ate iris plants this year so about all that has been 100% safe for me is lavender. |
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