The deer keep eating my roses and crocus I have tried everything I can think of to stop them?

tried using dryer cloths and spraying soapy water on them and the deer still eat my roses

The deer keep eating my roses and crocus I have tried everything I can think of to stop them?
Deer are hard to repel! Try buying really smelly cheap cologne and sprinkling around the plants. Also deer are smart and will eventually get used to whatever you use to repel them. You might try buying shelled corn at a feed and seed store and start feeding them away from your gardens. Some produce places will give you bad apples and deer love them too. Maybe if you provide something else for them to eat they will leave your plants alone.
Reply:Try "Moth Balls".. Your Gramma used them in her Closet.. May be 'enough Stink' to Repell them Pesky Doe's.. Gud Luck ! Report It
Reply:What are those common deer-resistant trees and shrubs?

http://homegarden.expertvillag... Report It
Reply:I've seem some neat little devices for sale where somebody stuck a motion detector on a lawn sprinkler. It squirts anything that comes in range.



Not terribly cheap but it might work.



http://www.nextag.com/motion-sensor-spri...



Won't vouch for those vendors, just put that in as an example



You could maybe try some of those scents hunters buy from sporting stores, though I'm not sure if they'd have any that would tend to *repel* deer...
Reply:Deer love roses. I would put some deer fencing around them. I have found that all those "home remedies" do not work.
Reply:deer will be back fr sure.change the plants.better deer than roses
Reply:Elsie,



I'd say you are one of the lucky few to have deer browsing in your garden. I have similar visitors (not problems) from our equivalent i.e. bushbuck and ipiti. My attitude is that they were there long before us so they deserve a bit of respect. I have an understanding with the creatures that visit I have fenced off a small part of my garden (around the house) with the balance of my land left open to all. I also plant endemic indigenous so that they have something to eat during the dry periods. From your question and the methods you have used thus far it sounds like you are sensitive to their needs but need to exclude you prized plants. Would a fence not suffice to solve the problem. I have come to realize that in nature all plants need to be browsed to strengthen plants' root systems. (that is why we prune plants). I take great comfort from that and also the fact that I am doing my little bit for Nature.
Reply:If you don't want to use a fence, you can try human hair, hot pepper %26amp; garlic sprays, or hanging soap around your plants.



The tallow(animal fatty acids) smell repells deer, but...if your soap smells like coconut...it may attract them. Hang a bar of soap wrapped in cheesecloth, on stakes. (Uncovered, this could attract rodents who will can chew on the soap). Use one about every ten feet or near special plants. .

" Studies have also found deer can feed to within three feet of soap in the garden."

http://www.uvm.edu/pss/ppp/articles/deer...



Spread your hair clippings around your plants.

It needs to be replaced every 2 weeks.



~ Mix one whole egg with a quarter cup of water and mix well. Pour the mixture into a pump bottle and spray it on your plants. This deterrent will withstand light rains because the egg sticks to the leaves.

~ Mix one tablespoon of liquid Ivory soap with one ounce of hot sauce in one litre of water and spray directly on plants which deer have been nibbling.

http://eartheasy.com/grow_nat_pest_cntrl...



Interplant deer-repelling plants throughout the garden such as artemisia, tansy, yarrow, mint, thyme, tarragon, oregano, dill, garlic and chives. Or maybe you could make a spray of some of these plants. Some deer-repellents include mint oils, often combined with pepper and garlic, cloves and cinnamon, or citrus. They also stay away from sprays of certain animals, like wolf urine, but I'd try everything else before I'd use that.

"Liquid fence" is a product said to repel deer.

http://www.liquidfence.com/

Good luck! Hope this helps
Reply:either get a spray bottle with bleach, or plant some lantanas by the roses