deer repellent

[Corley5]

I use the electric fence ribbon that's white with stainless threads in it around my pumpkin patch.  I put the top strand at 50" and the bottom at 30".  It works    I dont' stretch it up super tight as I was told that the white ribbon fluttering in the breeze would also serve as deterent.  It does work.  I put it up around Labor Day normally but last year there must have been enough preffered foods available as they didn't work on the punkins much and I didn't string up fence.  I also don't have a lot of deer.  I saw the same family group of six all last summer and fall.

[thecfarm]

I can't ever recall my Father saying the DanG deer ate the tomatoes or the plants in his 70 or so years.Everything else,yes. have not had any trouble in 6 years with my tomatoes plants,YET.Now that being said those DanG deer will come and stripe them all.  I have heard of a few gardeners having trouble,but not me.

[PineNut]

For a garden area, I have had success with an electric fence and then some cross fences to divide the garden up into smaller areas.  Seems the deer don’t like getting inside a small fenced area. Using removable fences, they can be moved when you need access to the garden. 

[Furby]

Lion and jaguar scrappola works great but probably a little hard to find.

Hmmm....... My nextdoor neighbor works at the zoo...............

[Fla._Deadheader]

  My experience shows that deer will not jump a fence, if they can't see through it.

  Not an option for a large area, though.