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Gardening

CottonBear

(21,613 posts)

4. No & no. Keep mint in pots. Use liquid Fence on plants they eat.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 05:17 PM

Sep 2014

LF must be applied at least twice a week.

I'm a gardener at a botanical garden. I battle the hungry herbivores on a daily basis. The only way to keep deer out is a tall deer fence. Liquid Fence alternated w/ Deer Off can reduce damage. You must make your garden a hazmat zone!

Good luck!

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Do deer eat mint? If I plant it, will it keep them out of the garden? [View all] hedgehog Sep 2014 OP

They don't eat plants in the mint family, as a rule LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #1

It surely won't keep rabbits out.. that I know from experience.. hlthe2b Sep 2014 #2

I tried a little strip herb garden at my parents place a number of years ago. kickysnana Sep 2014 #3

No & no. Keep mint in pots. Use liquid Fence on plants they eat. CottonBear Sep 2014 #4

I have mint in a spot in my front yard. ginnyinWI Sep 2014 #5

Thanks for the replies, everyone - I was wondering if I could protect my tulips hedgehog Sep 2014 #6

Deer TuxedoKat Sep 2014 #7

tutus for the apple trees... blackcrowflies Nov 2014 #11

Haha TuxedoKat Nov 2014 #12

I gave up on mine Aerows Sep 2014 #8

Our deer eat darn near anything spinbaby Oct 2014 #9

Poison Ivy? Multiflora rose? Kudzu? hedgehog Oct 2014 #10