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Tut grass8/25/2023 Sometimes, deer browse new plantings or established plants with tender new growth, then avoid those same plants when their leaves are mature. Deer also shy away from plants with prickly or rough leaves and plants with a bitter taste. Some gardeners have reported success with planting strong-scented plants like lantana, catmint, chives, mint, sage or thyme adjacent to plants that deer frequently browse. However, deer generally do not like plants with pungent aromas. There is no such thing as a deer-resistant plant, and when deer populations are high and food becomes scarce, deer may feed on plants that are thought to be deer-tolerant. If deer are overabundant in your neighborhood, and deer herd reduction or management is not feasible, a good way to prevent deer browsing in landscapes is to plant ornamental plants that deer do not like to eat. Trapping and relocating deer is costly and often harmful or fatal to deer. Fencing whole communities or individual properties is often not practical, and may be against local ordinances or community covenants. Shooting deer or using noise guns is prohibited in most residential neighborhoods, and many citizens are opposed to this method of control. Most "home remedy" repellents, such as soap, human hair and animal dung, are unreliable. Although there are a number of commercially available deer repellents on the market, none of them are 100 percent effective. Nuisance deer that feast on home gardens and bucks that damage young trees by rubbing them with their antlers during the rutting season are difficult and expensive to control in residential communities. Deer also get about one-third of their water from the moisture in irrigated plants and young, succulent vegetation on expanding leaves, buds and green stems. Fertilized plants, such as those in home landscapes, provide protein, energy-rich carbohydrates, minerals and salts. New division had to be trimmed first, so it doesn’t lose too much nutrients trying to keep the green parts alive.Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resourcesĭeer like nutrition-rich plants, especially in spring and summer when does are pregnant or nursing, when young deer are growing and when bucks are growing antlers. Hopefully I didn’t damage the roots too much in the process. I used concrete mixing tub – it’s strong enough so it won’t break when filled with water and large enough to accommodate the division. I dragged it into the large plastic container without drainage holes. Rhizomes are thick and hard to break using a shovel, so I had quite an exercise getting it out of the waterlogged soil. If it can survive the winter outside, I’ll have one less plant to worry about next winter. I intend to keep most of it outside, covered with layer of dry grass, branches and straw, and large sheet of PVC above that to insulate the roots from winter cold as much as possible. Some say, that with a lot of protection, Papyrus can handle the winter if it gets protected from freezing temperatures. I saved some seeds, just in case I end up losing the mature plant. This summer it grew a lot, even with a lot lower temperatures than usual with abundance of rain. If grown from seed, it doesn’t get large enough the first growing season and I really need to save it. After first frost that did no damage to it, I decided to take a division and take it into protected place in the basement. Papyrus waiting to be saved Cyperus Papyrus “King Tut” is only hardy to a bit below freezing and even that only for a short time.
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