How to Repel Hungry Animals with Plantskydd® Repellents
They’re cute, furry and fun to watch – that is until they begin dining on your landscape. You ruled out fencing, tried scare tactics and maybe even some repellents without success. Using the right product and proper application can help you grow a beautiful and productive garden.
Horticultural expert, Melinda Myers explains how you can enjoy a beautiful garden by keeping critters at bay.
Follow Melinda Myers’ advice on protecting your garden with Plantskydd Animal Repellent so you, too, can be rewarded with a beautiful landscape and productive garden. It is effective against rabbits, deer, voles, elk, moose, chipmunks and squirrels.
Melinda Myers
Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books, including Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” DVD series and the Melinda’s Garden Moment TV & radio segments. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine and was commissioned by Tree World Plant Care Products for her expertise to write this article. Her web site is www.MelindaMyers.com.
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DEER We operate a Christmas Tree Farm in Eastern New York State.We have used Plantskydd® for two winters and it has proven effective in preventing deer browsing.We apply in November with back-pack sprayers, spraying smaller non-saleable trees. This procedure seems to prevent all penetration in the blocks of trees. – Fred Battenfeld F.W. Battenfeld & Sons… Read More
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Plantskydd can be applied at the nursery without adversely affecting the seedlings.
Application costs are approximately 1/10th of field applications.”Read Publication:
Pre-treating_Seedlings_at_the_Nursery_with_Plantskydd_Animal_RepellentAcknowledgements
Bob Merrell, Manager, Nursery Services – Coast
Laughlan Glen, RPF, Seedling and Reforestation Specialist – Surrey
Bussell Brewer, RPF, Practices Forester, BC Timber Sales, Powell River
Darryl Reynolds, Wildlife Biologist, Sunshine Coast
Jamie Farrer, Production Superintendent, PRT
Claude Boisvert, President, Plantskydd Products – Sunshine Coast
An Evaluation of Chemical Repellents and Vexar Bud Caps to Reduce Winter Deer and Elk Browsing on Conifer Seedlings in Northern Idaho Brian W. Moser, Potlatch Corporation, Lewiston, ID ABSTRACT: Wintering deer and elk can cause extensive browsing damage to forest plantations. This study was undertaken to identify the cost-effectiveness of two repellents (Plantskydd and… Read More
