Is there any kind of spray or household chem. or object that will keep deer from eating my sunflowers?

I just planted 8 sunflowers outside that my son had planted in containers. Just hours later I checked on them and 4 of them had the tops eaten off of them. Is there anything (hopefully something that I may have on hand) that will keep the deer and other animals away from them? There are other plants and flowers in the same area that don't get eaten.Is there any kind of spray or household chem. or object that will keep deer from eating my sunflowers?
There are a variety of safe methods to keep deer from dining and dashing in your garden. Here are some suggestions, with information on products that can help.





Repellents: A waxy liquid typically made with garlic, chili peppers and/or blood meal, that can be sprayed on foliage.





Deer Off, deerbusters.com Deer Away, deerbusters.com Deerbusters Deer Repellent, deerbusters.com Plantskydd, treeworld.com Repellex Liquid, repellex.com Plant protect, plantprotect.com Bobbex, bobbex.com Deer and Rabbit Repellent, deerbusters.com Plant Growth Stimulant, deerbusters.com Garlic tree clips, gardensalive.com Tree Guard, Yardiac.com





Taste Repellents:





Systemic Tablets, deerbusters.com Animal repellent, deerbusters.com Deer repellent hanging sachets, deerbusters.com Hot Pepper wax, Yardiac.com





Predator Urines: Coyote is the most effective predator urine for scaring off deer





Coyote Urine, deerbusters.com





Fencing: It is a very effective way to keep deer out, but it isn't pretty. Here are some low-key alternatives to plain old fence.





Virtually Invisible Mesh Fencing, deerbusters.com Baited Electric Deer Fence, deerbusters.com Wireless Deer Fence, deerbusters.com





Scare Tactics: Scare the deer away either with the element of surprise or noise.





Ultrasonic, deerbusters.com Scarecrow, deerbusters.com





Home remedies: Concoctions, usually with pungent odor, can keep deer away.





Irish Spring soap: leave wrapper on and hang from tree Eggs Human hair hung from mesh bags








There is only one guaranteed way to prevent deer: Erect a fence. The fence should be 11 inches taller than Shaquille O'Neal. The experts at Cornell University's Cayuga Heights Deer Project warn that for a fence to be an ';absolute barrier'; it must be a full eight feet tall. All professional deer fencing is this height. Be assured that 'invisible deer fencing' really is-you can't see it from most angles, so you get the protection without feeling like you're living inside a cage. Don't forget to deer-proof the driveway with its own fence or cattle guards.





A less expensive alternative is to install three-foot high animal fencing. Install this kind of fencing and then run a series of three single wires overtop at foot-and-a-half intervals; this should keep most deer off your property.


Try a REALLY invisible fence; one that's flat to the ground! Lay heavy metal fencing or sheets of corrugated metal on the ground completely around the area you wish to protect-like a vegetable garden. It feels very strange under foot-eh, hoof, and deer are reluctant to cross over it.


Your best non-fence bet is a dog. Deer fear dogs, and dogs like to chase deer. Studies have found that dogs kept inside deer-plagued property lines by an invisible fencing system are a very effective deterrent. Border collies and other working dogs are the best choices.


Spray-on deer repellants. Deer begin browsing at 28 to 32 inches off the ground-that's your ';Strike Zone';; concentrate the spray at that height and limit the overspray to about a foot higher and lower. Reapply every four weeks and rotate several different brands over the course of a deer-dining season. Products that work best include:


Deer Away: a 37% solution of classically stinky putrescent egg solids.


Deer-Off: a combination of stinky egg smell with hot pepper and garlic.


Liquid Fence: smells like a combination of eggs gone bad with garlic.


Hinder: an ammonia-based repellant that can also be painted on trees to prevent rabbits nibbling the bark.


(Don't worry-you won't smell these things after they dry-but the deer will taste them.)





An alternative to spraying plants is clothesline. String a clothesline at browsing height in front of the plants you wish to protect and then soak the rope with repellant.


Another good device is the ';Wireless Deer Fence';. Available directly from the manufacturer via the web (WirelessDeerFence), these stakes use scent pellets to attract deer to the electrodes on top, which convey one heck of a shock to deer what lick them via a capacitor powered by two double AA batteries. As with an electric fence, the shocked deer will remember their bad experience at your place and eat someone else's tulips and azaleas that season.


Make your own ';Swedish cure'; deer repellant at home. This repellant was developed to protect the ultimate deer delicacy-tulip flowers-from the merciless creatures in Sweden's famed Rosendal Gardens. (Yes, deer are a problem in SWEDEN; doesn't that make you feel a little bit better?) Here's the recipe:


Mix 2 陆 pounds of bloodmeal (half of a 5 lb. bag) into a normal size bucket that's about half to 2/3 full of water.


Stir well.


Add 1 cup of ammonia and keep stirring until mixed.


Now, cut green florist block into big cubes and place each cube on a three-foot tall stake. Dip the staked cubes into the bucket and let 'em sit there for awhile and get really saturated. Then, place the stakes about six feet apart around plants you wish to protect. Re-saturate the cubes every couple of weeks or after a really heavy rain.





OKIs there any kind of spray or household chem. or object that will keep deer from eating my sunflowers?
There's probably something in your local garden center. But every time it rains you will have to re-apply. Deer do not eat all plants, but they do eat quite a wide variety. You can do some simple online research to find out which plants they won't eat.
go to the salon and ask them to save you, the hair clippings off the floor ..spread this around and deer wont go near your plants
I once read that the pioneers would tie sackfulls of human hair to posts in their fields to keep deer away. (probably not freshly shampooed hair)
You need pepper spray, and you can make your own by loading a one quart canning jar with chopped dried peppers and then putting boiling water in there. Now normally you should wait 48 hours, but you can take some it if the next day if you need to protect them quickly, and then you put the liquid through 2 layers of cheese cloth in a strainer and put the strained liquid into a water sprayer or mister and spray it on the plants regularly.


There is also a mix made with raw eggs and soap and stuff - since you do not each the plants except the seeds, you can use some of that on the plant until the seeds form.


Here is the egg spray:


There is a version of ';Liquid Fence'; on the market. I found this works just as well, just you have to use it more quickly due to it not having the preservatives in it. It smells bad when you apply it--this is your warning!! You will need 5 one gallon containers to mix this up. Fast and easy.





4 to 6 eggs


1 lg head of garlic, chopped


5 gallons of water


Any hot pepper you may have in the house





Put eggs, garlic and pepper in a blender with some water and blend until well mixed. Empty mixture in one of the gallon containers. Fill the container with water and mix well. Distribute the mixture into the other 4 containers until all 5 containers are equal.





Fill all 5 containers (or one five-gallon ';pickel'; bucket) with water and set in the sun for 3 days to ';ripen';.





Sprinkle around the perimeter of the area you want to protect. You can also strain some mixture and put it into a spray bottle to spray on plants that might need extra treatment. Retreat every month or after a hard rain.





(The egg recipe is from Gardenweb.com and they swear it works well for deer.)