Ellen
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I'm having an issue with them, and I am hoping someone has a viable (and not horribly expensive) solution.
Two years ago, I planted a row of 13 Aborvitae Green Giant evergreens across the back of my back yard. They were about 4 ft. high then. And this was not cheap.
That fall, rutting season came. We have deer in our neighborhood all the time. Apparently one of (or more) the bucks decided my lil trees would be good to rub his antlers on. The trees on both ends got rubbed, which of course broke and bent some delicate branches. However, they pulled through, they just don't look quite as pretty. So I bought 100.00 worth of Deer Gone, touted as the end all of deterrents (and it does work fairly well on plants). Sprayed the heck out of the trees the next season (last year), and one of the trees in the middle got annihilated. It is dead all the way down to about 8 inches from the bottom. Btw, these things really do grow as fast as they say. They are now 8-9 feet tall now.
So, rutting season is fast approaching. I've got to do something, but I don't know what. There are videos on YouTube saying fences made of fishing line work, as it spooks the deer when it feels it but can't really see it. This sounds like a cheap try, until you realize you need over 100 ft. to enclose these trees, and how many rows of fishing line? 4-6? Plus poles. It gets expensive, fishing line is not cheap.
So then we thought if we're spending this much money, what about a plastic fencing you buy by the roll, plus poles, zip ties. Lady at the store thinks they'll knock it down. I'm sure they could, but would they? It's not like they want to eat them (though apparently they can), they just want to rub. Would/could they just decide to go somewhere else?
I just don't want to waste more money, nor spend more than I need. This is something that is just up for about a month, but, it NEEDS to work. Replacing these trees, especially as they get bigger, is not going to be cheap.
Anybody?
Two years ago, I planted a row of 13 Aborvitae Green Giant evergreens across the back of my back yard. They were about 4 ft. high then. And this was not cheap.
That fall, rutting season came. We have deer in our neighborhood all the time. Apparently one of (or more) the bucks decided my lil trees would be good to rub his antlers on. The trees on both ends got rubbed, which of course broke and bent some delicate branches. However, they pulled through, they just don't look quite as pretty. So I bought 100.00 worth of Deer Gone, touted as the end all of deterrents (and it does work fairly well on plants). Sprayed the heck out of the trees the next season (last year), and one of the trees in the middle got annihilated. It is dead all the way down to about 8 inches from the bottom. Btw, these things really do grow as fast as they say. They are now 8-9 feet tall now.
So, rutting season is fast approaching. I've got to do something, but I don't know what. There are videos on YouTube saying fences made of fishing line work, as it spooks the deer when it feels it but can't really see it. This sounds like a cheap try, until you realize you need over 100 ft. to enclose these trees, and how many rows of fishing line? 4-6? Plus poles. It gets expensive, fishing line is not cheap.
So then we thought if we're spending this much money, what about a plastic fencing you buy by the roll, plus poles, zip ties. Lady at the store thinks they'll knock it down. I'm sure they could, but would they? It's not like they want to eat them (though apparently they can), they just want to rub. Would/could they just decide to go somewhere else?
I just don't want to waste more money, nor spend more than I need. This is something that is just up for about a month, but, it NEEDS to work. Replacing these trees, especially as they get bigger, is not going to be cheap.
Anybody?