By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:15:43 +0000

I like your website and thanks again for the pond ebook. I have a recommendation for your deer problem. In our area, I have many clients with the same problems regarding deer foraging in their landscapes. I heard Milorganite could work as a very effective deer repellent. Upon hearing that, the next day one of my customers came in and asked for four bags of it and I asked him what he was using it for and he explained he was fertilizing his shrubs and I asked if he had had any problems with deer and how long he had been fertilizing the shrubs with it, he said no problems with deer and that he had been using the fertilizer for about 20 years or so. I then asked him what kind of shrubs he was fertilizing and he told me ‘arborvitae’. I was impressed. From then on I sold Milorganite as a deer repellent. I even had another lady customer plant a tulip in the middle of her lawn and the deer completely avoided the plant. I ended up calling the Milorganite company and the rep said yes it does have a deer repellent effect and he sent me the test trials from Cornell University which tested taxus, hosta, and tulip and proved Milorganite’s effectiveness. I recommend to my customers that they spread it in their flower beds and among their desirable shrubs and to about 4 or 5 feet out into the lawn area. While Milorganite says you can use it in your vegetable garden, I don’t and won’t recommend where edible plants are growing. I thought our snows were bad…Thanks again for the info.

Comments on: Deer and Tulips

By: Rhonda