@gailcalled
It only took one bite, one time, with the pepper wreath, the one problem deer never came back. I think the peppers remained viable for that particular summer. The Cayenne sprinkled on and around will immediately effect them. One whiff up the old nose and they will run away forever. I think the trick is consistency for awhile, but this doesn’t take into account any new visitors that have not been conditioned that your rose is not edible.
It’s all a matter of discovery and just depends on how much deer traffic you have.
If it is the same couple day after day they will quickly learn to avoid the bad tasting/smelling plants, but…if there are multiple deer wandering through you would have to keep on applying the pepper every so often depending on the weather conditions, just like the sprays.
Heh…you’ll love this…..
Left my garage door up the other night for the cats and the cover off my hot tub. The raccoons rummaged through the trash and I found a banana peel, apple core and a disintegrated napkin in my cold hot tub the next morning.
Little muddy footprints all over the sides. Bah! lol