I am looking for "common purslane" to use in a wildlife food plot for deer. Can you get the "common purslane" or will other purslane work as well?
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When I sow the purslane seed here in Arizona, it didn't pop up maybe temperature or seeds expire I bought from amazon, sorry it didn't work for me
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From my limited experience with gardening and deer in the northeast U.S. I must say that any purslane seems to vulnerable to deer feeding habits. If you really want to please the deer plant very expensive hosta hybrids,deer REALLY like these! Seriously though i wish you success in your deer aiding efforts. I'm sure you have a different agenda than North east gardeners.For us question is similar to asking "What food should I leave in my kitchen to best attract and enhance roach populations. Best luck in your quest!
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This is not a wild purslane, but a more domesticated one with a more upright growth rather than sprawling. It grew well for me, was vigorous, and the leaves tasted great raw.
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Can't verify the use of the Coyote for deer. I use him in my garden area to keep dogs from using my lawn as a potty. I can tell you when I lived in the woods the only thing that did help with deer was deer fenceng and spraying the plants that the deer fencing did not cover with my own solution of eggs / hot sauce / water!
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I hope my husband's plan works because we have lots of squirrels and rabbits around here. He is going to buy screening and furring strips (pieces of wood) and build large screened boxes to fit over each of the 3 units we bought. He said he was going to buy some L joints to rididize the structure and use stainless steel staples to attach the screening to the box shape. These will be light enough for us to lift them off the unit when we need to weed (or pick vegetables). He is also researching organic insecticides so we'll probably use a home-cooked method like cayenne pepper, garlic, and onions. Good luck with your garden. I hope my husband's plan works because we have lots of squirrels and rabbits around here. He is going to buy screening and furring strips (pieces of wood) and build large screened boxes to fit over each of the 3 units we bought. He said he was going to buy some L joints to rididize the structure and use stainless steel staples to attach the screening to the box shape. These will be light enough for us to lift them off the unit when we need to weed (or pick vegetables). He is also researching organic insecticides so we'll probably use a home-cooked method like cayenne pepper, garlic, and... » Read More I hope my husband's plan works because we have lots of squirrels and rabbits around here. He is going to buy screening and furring strips (pieces of wood) and build large screened boxes to fit over each of the 3 units we bought. He said he was going to buy some L joints to rididize the structure and use stainless steel staples to attach the screening to the box shape. These will be light enough for us to lift them off the unit when we need to weed (or pick vegetables). He is also researching organic insecticides so we'll probably use a home-cooked method like cayenne pepper, garlic, and onions. Good luck with your garden. « Show Less
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My favorite spray is Liquid Fence, but it does smell badly for several hours. Deer Out seems to be working well so far for the last two years and although I have never used it on the lawn I would think it would be effective.
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Hi Penny, We offer an 8'x8' Deer-proof Just Add Lumber Garden kit. The item number on Amazon is B00X2Z9PVA. Here is a link to the Amazon webpage: http://www.amazon.com/Deer-proof-Just-Lumber-Vegetable-Garden/dp/B00X2Z9PVA Best regards, Lisa Singer Gardens To Gro
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Hey Orianna - What I intended to 're-order' was the following brand: 'Nature's Elements' Activated Charcoal which does contain veggie caps. Not sure why I went with Nature's Way instead. I just now attempted to pull it up on Amazon's website and it looks like it's been deleted altogether by Amazon. I found a link where we can both purchase this product: http://www.homesteadmarket.com/product/221/brand_natural_elements?utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm;_source=googlebase&cvsfa;=2958&cvsfe;=2&cvsfhu;=323231&gclid;=CP_9m4_SrboCFdJj7AodcnAA5w
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We have not heard of anyone doing this sort of thing with the blood meal. I have not tried myself either as I just apply the powder itself around my gardens to keep out rabbits and deer.
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I recently read to my surprise that dwarf hamsters eat less seeds and grains than Syrians and more herbs and greens. So I think this timothy-based Oxbow diet would be an excellent addition. They now sell it at PetSmart in Northern Utah. However, I would mix it with "Kaytee" brand "Rat, mouse and hamster Pro-Health Forti-Diet (blocks)". Make the changes gradually over atleast 10 days. I occaisionally give my new Winter-White a single raw sunflower seed as a treat but if your hamster already has diabetes then I would only give things like fresh dandelion leaves and flowers as well and orchard grass hay or timothy hay as treats. You could also order some orchard grass seed and grow your own fresh in a pot for the hamster to graze on. Just never buy a Campbells'/Winter-White hybrid again. BTW: My adult Syrians like the Oxbow Handfuls but I mix it with the blocks.
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It appears to work for rabbits. Nothing I've sprayed is being eaten by animals...I have a lovely garden and flowers for the first time in my life. Great stuff!
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I only have cardinals, bluejays, nuthatches, chickadees, woodpeckers, indigo buntings, rose breasted grosbeaks, red and yellow finches, mourning doves, bluebirds, and hummingbirds coming here in Western PA. I use mixed, shelled cardinal food from the hardware store and they all love it. I also feed thistle and a seed that looks a lot like trail mix in my other feeders. We also have owls, whippoorwill, hawks, etc. We live in the PA WILDS region of the state.Penn State has a blackbird problem and they use what sounds like percussion bombs to scare them off. Good Luck.
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I use this wrap to deter wild rabbits from chewing our young fruit trees in our pasture. It works when multiple layers are wrapped. I don't think that would stand up to deer rubbing. For that I would suggest to use heavy duty burlap tree wrap.
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I used feline pine and sometime ago noticed the re-branded bag recently and was wondering why it smelled so much worse in the litter. Buy a bag of pet/animal bedding from your local tractor supply store or other similar farming supply stores. It's a fraction of the price and works well. My cat breeder uses the horse/animal pine bedding instead of this stuff.
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Yes! Absolutely!I set mine between the lawn and my woods, baited with peanut butter and birdseed. I read oatmeal works well, I have caught more with this trap than any other. I have 3 which is expensive but I am taking voles!
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No. At best the deer would become tangled in the netting, and rip it to part. At worst you'd be call fish and wildlife to have the creature put down. The weight of this netting just wasn't designed for that application. It is quite effective for swallows and robins which is what my problem was; so long is it is supported by some sort of bracing or frame if you're running long lengths of it. Try one of the products specifically for deer and you might be O.K.
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The only one that totally works you have to order from feline pine, should be a number on the bag or you can go to their website. If you're still using feline pine I would switch to the Petco brand called sophresh pine. It works like feline pine did before they changed it, dry sawdust, no mush in the pan and it's cheaper! Feline pine now is terrible, I mix a little of what I have left with the sophresh just to get rid of it without totally wasting it! Don't know why they changed it!
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I have seen it in recipes, but I would google tick repellents to see what recipe you want to follow:)
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I use natural bedding in this and in my Netherland Dwarfs cage. I wouldn't use cat littler cause they aren't so post to eat it and its not good for them. I use Healthy pet critter care Natural from wal-mart and the brand that I used from Gaint is called Hartz Nodor natural bedding. They are both great bedding's and my rabbit hasn't had any problems when she would eat some of either of the brands of bedding. I hope that this helps.