PlantskyddAnimal Repellent - Repels Deer, Rabbits, Elk, Moose, Hares, Voles, Squirrels, Chipmunks and Other Herbivores; Wettable Powder Concentrate - 2.2 LB Box - Makes 2.5 Gallon Liquid (PSP-R2)

We have both deer and moose that visit our yard to eat plants and shrubs. We've fenced the garden, but they still eat our shrubs. An application of this definitely prevents them from eating the shrubs. You have to be diligent about mixing this and strain out any chunks. We use a dedicated one gallon pump sprayer for application. Best to spray this when you don't have any outdoor plans in the area for a few days. It smells terrible, but I guess that is why it works.

Read the prior reviews on this product and bought it, as if I know anything about deer they will find the most inopportune time to dine on little saplings and shrubs, and I had no desire to see my newly planted 350 tree shelter belt end up in Bambi’s belly.Before using the product, the plentiful deer out here in Montana were grazing (seen on cameras) right on the other side of the fence. After the first application of the product, they were seen approaching the fence only to startle about twenty yards away and turn back.Since then, I mix up a gallon of product at a time and apply half a gallon on the outer and inner belts, then apply the (stinkier by that time) second half three weeks later. I have yet to see deer sign within 40 yards of the fence.

Actually is the only thing that has worked for me. I have terrific deer pressure and they eat everything that is not caged or sprayed. You may find you have to spray every 10 days or so. I use a large hand pumped sprayer There is a trick to mixing it. Put about a quart of warm water in a small bucket and add the powder. Using a metal whisk, mix the powder in gently. The point is to get it wet, not to mix it completely at this point. Let it set while preparing your sprayer, funnel and (included) mesh strainer. Whisk the mixture. Don’t be too vigorous because it will foam up. Place funnel in sprayer and mesh filter in funnel. Pour repellent through filter into sprayer and then add more water to get the correct ratio. This stuff is basically dried blood and will make a terrific mess if you aren’t careful. Fill the bucket with water and leave the filter, funnel and whisk it soaking til final clean up. Rinse the sprayer when done and run clean water through it. Hose off the whisk and filter etc. Process doesn’t take long. The stuff does work but you have to keep up with respraying, especially when plants are rapidly growing

I have a 3 acre park with almost 100 highly-prized trees on it. Every year I would lose a couple of trees to bucks rubbing their antlers against the trees and decimating it in one night. I tried products made of rotten eggs, peppermint, etc. I even tried human hair. Nothing worked…until I tried Plantskydd! I have not lost a tree since starting with Plantskydd seven years ago. I buy the dried blood concentrate and mix it up myself. It’s a little bit of work to stir it (I use a paint mixer on my drill) and strain it into the sprayer tank (a strainer is provided); but if it works I'm OK with it. If you only have a few trees, you can use the ready-mixed product. And I don’t spray the entire tree…my thought is that if a deer is frightened by the smell of blood on the trunk, it isn’t going to stick around to eat leaves. Another plus is that it lasts throughout the entire winter due to some kind of wax they add to the formula…once it’s dried on the tree. And once it has dried on the tree, there’s no offensive odor either. In the summer I can get by with hanging an Ivory soap bar on the tree (Ivory is made from beef tallow and deer hate it); but in the Fall, when a buck's antlers are in “velvet”, the antlers itch and they’ll rub on any tree in sight…except a tree coated with Plantskydd. I give it a solid 5-Star rating and a hearty “thank you” to the Swedish government for developing it!

Firstly, it is a pain to mix. There was foam splashing around. Although I used an electric drill mixer wand, apparently I couldn't get it mixed well enough, for it seemed very thick and clumpy. It was a disaster to try to filter. The spray became clogged, such that when I released the trigger to stop spray, it continued to leak.OK. But does it actually work? "No." I have tried multiple actions to deter deer from eating flowers, especially hostas. This year, I used this product, planted a bunch of marigold and set up spinning pinwheels. Although not as much deer damage as prior years, the deer are still eating our plants.The smell is not as bad as other products that I've used or concocted. But if it doesn't repel deer, what's point?

This does work to prevent deer from eating what has been sprayed, BUT1.) The powder is almost impossible to dissolve in water. I spent 30 minutes SLOWLY dribbling in water and whisking/stirring/mushing only to have the powder clump badly. About half the product never dissolved and ended up as a giant clot when poured through the screen/filter into container.2.) When sprayed on the plants, it turned the leaves and surrounding area a shiny, shellacked, maroon color. This included the white porch spindles, the downspout on the house, the mulch, the pots on plants nearby. I spent a lot of time trying to wipe everything down afterwards. The label does state to avoid wood and concrete. How right they were! Try to wipe off the maroon stains on those? Fuggetaboutit!The up side?1.) All the red-stained plants that were sprayed have not been touched after 3 weeks and we've had lots of rain.2.) It has no odor that I could detect.You decide...

I sprayed this on and around several saplings that I planted. Nothing has eaten the trees but every day I have to go around and replant most of them. It seems like it is attracting animals with the cow blood and they are digging to find whatever died. I even have some wire fencing around some but whatever is digging is either small or climbs over. This has been a total waste of time and money and I assume none of my trees will survive the nightly abuse.If this is something you are considering getting, just bury a raw chicken wing or something an inch or 2 under ground and if something digs it up you know what will happen if you use this product.