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Apr 17, 2016 2:45 AM CST
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Was out spraying this morning. Tulips, Heuchera, daylilies, Anemone coronaria, Sedum telephium, martagon lilies and a few other lilies(normally the deer don't touch lilies here, but I wanted to try it on a few anyway to see if there is any ill effects). Also Pulmonaria and Brunnera got a small dose as the deer sometimes eat the blooms and buds on these, although they never touch mature leaves. A few Erythronium also got a slight dose - the deer has an habit of tasting a few of these every year, but it's no favorite for them.

Everything treated is still left alone, yet the deer devastated a population of more or less naturalized and untreated striped squill a few meters from the tulips in the kitchen garden. As far as I recall, the deer has never done that before. Maybe they have taken a taste or two, deer often do that, but never like this. This tells me that this stuff works.
Other victim was some corydalis, but so far just a taste and hopefully it will stay that way as they got a quick dose of the Trico too. Never grown Corydalis solida before, but I was lead to believe they were somewhat resistant to deer. Hopefully the spraying, although a bit late, will get the point across Rolling my eyes. Don't touch!

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