At last! A repellent for deer and mice that won't wash off! UMND research scientist, Tom Lever, has developed a systemic repellent based on capsicum (red pepper) that should be available in stores for spring 2011! Read on ....
MINNEAPOLIS /ST. PAUL (08/19/2010)
--Adapting a chemical used to deliver medicines through the skin,
University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) scientist Tom Levar has developed a
way to protect plants from browsing by deer and mice by delivering a
natural hot pepper concentrate through the roots of young plants, making
them inedible. Read more ....
MINNEAPOLIS /
Just a question -- how harmful is the "peppered" plant to the deer and other critters? Do they take a bite and spit it out, or do they avoid the plants because of the smell? As angry as I get at the deer for eating my plants, I don't want to actually hurt them!