Garden fence options

YooperJD60 · Jul 5, 2019

Looking for ideas on a fence for a garden. Right now I use a 3 wire electric fence about 6 feet high and the deer and turkeys go right through it. I like a fence that I can take down in the fall, doesn't have to be electric.

Charlie M · Jul 5, 2019

Tractor Supply sells a product called liquid fence that will keep the deer out. Just spray it around things you don't want touched by deer. Smells like rotten eggs. You have to respray occasionally and after it rains. I'd never have a garden if it weren't for that product. Won't help you with the turkeys.

flembo · Jul 12, 2019

I have a 6 wire 6'high electric fence with the braided black and yellow cord, I power the top 4 cords with the lowest one being 2' off the ground the next 2 closest to the ground are not powered so the weeds and vegetable vines don't short them out. so far no problem with deer tho one tried to get thru last week and tore down a powered cord but it didn't get in, the ground outside the fence was all thrashed up so I am guessing it got it's head in and got tangled up and zapped good. plenty of Turkeys around but no problem yet. I power the fence with a 12 volt garden tractor battery. I take the fence down in the fall and put it back up in the spring I use the cord over again each year.

tractorguy2 · Jul 15, 2019

How about coons?

Charlie M · Jul 16, 2019

Interesting you ask. It doesn't say anything about coons on the label but last week I was in TSC and a competitors product did list coons. Looked at the ingredients and its basically the same formula. It got me thinking last year I didn't have any coons in my corn and thought maybe it was due to such a poor crop from drought but now I'm wondering if the really does work on coons too. A few years ago I had given up on sweet corn in the garden due to deer and coons. I guess I'll find out soon as I have nice several rows of corn in my garden so should get some nice ears. My area is a good test site for this stuff as it is crawling with raccoons and deer.

wels · Jul 17, 2019

I use Kencove net fencing.

https://kencove.com/fence/Electric+Net+Fencing_products.php

And remove at end of season.

kyhayman · Aug 4, 2019

Put aluminum foil with peanut butter on it.

Seriously. Turn fence off first. Smear peanut butter on several pieces of foil and fold over fence, peanut butter to the inside. Staple in place. The deer will sniff the foil and look examine the reflected light. Pow. Problem otherwise is they are through it and have shorted it out before they touch it. Other thing is have it HOT. Mine runs off my farm fence grid. 50+ joules and 6 ground rods 4 feet deep.

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