My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

[rolmops]

Last fall I covered all my bulbs with a nice layer of fluffy mulch and sure enough,they started stirring under this nice blanket by the end of February.During most of March they were protected by a foot of snow,but now the snow is gone and the southern exposure is doing its work.Just 3 days ago the tulips and crocuses were about 2 inches high together with the daffodils and hyacinths and a whole slew of other flowers.Yesterday my first 2 crocuses were actually blooming.Today as I walked out to check my garden,all the crocuses were bitten down to half their size and so were most of the tulips.according to the tracks it was the work of a deer munching away in my suburban garden.
Funny thing is that it seems to prefer red over yellow tulips.

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

Smite the deer......​

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

pee on them the deer will stay away.

 

[rolmops]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

pee on them the deer will stay away.

And I will be hauled away for indecent exposure....
I can see it already.
But Your Honor,I was only trying to defend my tulips....

 

[Caveman Charlie]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

And I will be hauled away for indecent exposure....
I can see it already.
But Your Honor,I was only trying to defend my tulips....

lol Around here the deer are so thick I have to be careful walking across the yard to not get trampled.

A shotgun loaded with a slug will take care of them and you won't get a indecent exposure ticket.

 

[Bass Man Bruce]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

Funny thing is that it seems to prefer red over yellow tulips.

Maybe if you only plant hunters orange they will leave well enough alone.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

The apple orchards around here hang small hotel size bar soap on the young trees and it seems to repel the deer. Contact your local fish and wildlife warden and ask what works as a good repellant.

I have a strong northern exposure with a mountain to the south.... never get any real sun I still have a foot of snow.

 

[BoatBuoy]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

Whittle some shavings off a bar of Irish Spring into the beds.

 

[pduquette]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

spray them with diluted hot sauce-No not the deer; the flowers! they will stop after one unless they're starved (in that case you won't stop 'em without a gun ) Side note : if gunnen 'em becomes necessary at least you've started seasoning them allready!

 

[oops!]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

if tulips are deer's favorite food......how do you like the taste of deer?

you are just a tad higher up on the food chain

i was just reading about this on the remember when? thread

remember when it was ok to shoot a deer?

 

[jcsercsa]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

Peeing dont work !!! LoL theres some stuff that called stay away at home depot , the garden center !!! or just think that you getting them fat for this fall !!! OOH not sure how well stay away work , but i know peeing sure dont !!!! a few years ago was out huntung and had to go ... not ten mins, later I turned and here is a 6 point peeing on the spot I just went !!!! He sure tasted good !!!! John

 

[thurps]

Re: My tulips are a deer's favorite food.

Never had any luck with any deer repellant. The young ones taist everything and the older ones pull out anything they don't like. All our friends say "look at the size of our tomatos", "look at the size of our cucumbers". All we could say was "look at the size of our deer".