I find this one hard to believe but who knows. Maybe with enough saturatio=
n, the deer are driven away by the smell. However, if the plants are healt=
hier and less disease prone, deer around here go hog wild for them. They e=
ven jump 10 foot fences to get at plants they like.
I view this the same as I view claims that CT controls snails/slugs: Unsub=
stantiated and not repeatable in a reliable sense. Maybe one time somethin=
g happened but whether that was the direct result of what was used is still=
disputable.
Anyway, until I see hard data and repeatable experiments, I remain a scepti=
c. GEM is great for plant health though. It is a good fish source and the=
stuff I used worked great in the tea. I have since been using a pellet fo=
rm made by Alaska and that seems to work just as well for brewing.
Ted Peterson
EW/SOE
And for Ted from the manufacturers web site....
"Pest Resistance
Improved plant health leads to a dramatic increase in resistance to
pests. Organic GemŽ customers report that our material repels deer.
Easy To Use "
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Kirk Leonard" <kirkleon_at_o...>
wrote:
> Your local USNOP nut here with a nit correction... OMRI does
not "certify"
> materials.
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