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The following recipes for deer repellent sprays were collected from a variety of sources. The trick is to find one that works in your yard.
The idea is to repel the deer either by taste, odor or both. Always add a surfectant to make the spray stick to your plants (usually soap). Good luck-
Blend-
1 egg
½ cup milk
1 tbsp hot pepper sauce garlic
1 tbsp dish soap
Strain and add to 1 gallon of water.Store covered and fill spray bottle when needed.
Or-
1 egg
1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
1.5 quarts (6 cups) water
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6 qt. water
2 1/2 cups Wilt-Proof (10:1 ratio with the water)
3-4 tbsp. HOT HOT hot sauce (why mess around?)
Spray all sides of foliage and buds. Do not spray on Sedum or other succulents. (Won't kill them but discolors them.)
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Using dried red pepper flakes, make a "tea" (quart of boiling water over 1/4 c. flakes) then strain through a coffee filter and spray
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Garlic, Eggs and Tabasco
Combine
one garlic clove
one egg
1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
one cup water
Mix in a blender. Let the concoction sit to ferment for several days. Apply fermented mixture to plants.
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