How to Prevent Deer Damage on Plants

Living with deer around your plants can be frustrating. Protecting your landscape requires taking early action to prevent plant damage. Keep reading as we give you some tips on how to prevent deer from damaging your plants. Read on to learn more about deer browse deterrents.

Deer-Resistant Plants

If you find signs of deer having visited your landscape, you may want to plant trees nearby as a long term fix, because they dislike to chew on them due to toxicity, fragrance, spines or texture.

Fencing

Opt for fencing to prevent deer from reaching your favorite plants. Install strong and hardy gates and check the entire structure meant for your garden's protection. Protective structures like tree shelters, tree tubes, bud caps, wire cylinders and netting are also effective in protecting individual plants.

Repellents

Scents known for their obnoxious odor or irritating taste are also effective deer browse deterrents. Many people use rotten-egg and water, soap spray, or hot pepper spray to drive deer away from their high-value plants. Substances like predator urine (available in capsule  form) produce a smell that frightens the deer. 

Habitat Modification

Deer, like any other animal, prefer delicacy. They will eat any plant when very hungry but will avoid less tasty plants when they are available. You can protect your precious plants by surrounding them with less palatable plants or barriers. Plant health care professionals know  how to treat specific plants in your yard to protect the landscape as a whole. Burkholder is known for high quality landscaping design in the Main Line area. The company offers full-service landscaping, a wide range of design and build services, and plant health care. Deer browse deterrents are utilized as a specialized service of the overall plant health care program offered by Burkholder Plant Health Care. Contact the company to learn more and  schedule a free consultation.