Plantskydd Deer Repellent
for Agriculture

PROTECT your valuable crops
from animal browse damage
with Plantskydd.

Plantskydd is used by farmers and orchardists to protect from animal browse damage the following crops:
 
Blueberries, cauliflower, cotton, corn, fruit trees, grapes, pumpkins, soy beans,
strawberries, vegetables, watermelon, etc.
 

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth

  is the most important labor of man.

When tillage begins, other arts follow.

The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.

- Daniel Webster-

 

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30 whitetail deer crossing my small-truck, vegetable farm

Just wanted to say thanks for a GREAT product that made my life easier. And to tell you some success stories I, and others, have experienced using the new Plantskydd ® Granular Repellent.

A couple of years ago I had a herd of 30 whitetail deer crossing my land. Their game trail went right through a field where I was planning to plant corn. Rather than put up a fence, I decided to use your new granular Plantskydd product. I dumped 40 lbs in a drop spreader to pull behind my garden tractor, and put down a 3 foot border around my field. Next, I rubbed out the tracks on the game trail so I could see how effective Plantskydd was. The deer always crossed during the night. Well, the next morning there was not a track to be found. And none for the rest of my growing season!

I have a small truck farm where I grow vegetables to sell at Farmer’s Markets as well as to supermarkets. Deer just love beet tops. I have had them eat a 100 foot row in one night ! Last year, when my beets came up, I put some granular Plantskydd in a spreader and applied the stuff down and around the outside row of the beets. The deer didn't eat a bite. The key is to get the product down before the deer start nibbling.

Later in the spring, my pickers came and told me the deer had been eating the Zucchini. I took out the spreader and made one trip around the patch applying Plantskydd and the deer stayed out until after harvest.

We have such a deer problem in the valley that, when I tell folks in my garden seminars about your product, they jump right on it. Hooper's Garden Center, in Kalispell, sent one of their customers to me desperate to see if I could help them save a $30,000 investment in flowers that were to be planted for a special event on a large estate (Two Totem Lodge, Ferndale, Montana). I sent them to the CHS Country Store (also in Kalispell), where they proceeded to clean all the Plantskydd granular off the shelf. The estate put in an order for fifty more 20 lbs bags this year.

The Plantskydd granular is my favorite repellent because: #1 it works, and #2, it is quick and easy to use. No mess, no fuss.

Sincerely,

Bill Clanton
Kalispell, Montana
April 7, 2010

NO deer or rabbits in the orchard !

We usually plant from 300 to 400 trees a year. Usually between the deer and rabbits, we are lucky if we have 50 of these trees alive by the next spring. I have tried most everything to keep the deer and rabbits out. Kathleen bought a one pound box of Plantskydd last spring. I would not try it as everything I had tried did not work. I had put soap on the trees and the deer ate to within a foot of the soap. I tried moth balls and that did not seem to deter anything. Finally, this fall, I decided to try this Plantskydd as we had it. Was I surprised. I sprayed most of the orchard until I ran out of spray. Then I put one fourth (1/4) cup of the granules on the rest of the orchard. NO deer or rabbits in the orchard. The rabbits will come into the yard where I didn't spray, but not where I sprayed. The deer stayed away. We used to see deer in the orchard several times a day. Now we don't see them at all.

William Eggers, Burr Oak Farm
Winterset, IA
January 2010

100% Organic

Products displaying the OMRI seal have undergone and passed a strict, independent evaluation to ensure they comply with USDA organic standards. When a product is OMRI Listed, farmers and certifiers can trust it is allowed in USDA certified organic operations, and tests below the allowed levels of pathogens and heavy metals.

Plantskydd ® Deer - Rabbits - Elk Repellent
(Soluble Powder Concentrate— trw-9589)
and
Plantskydd ® Rabbit & Small Critter Repellent
(Granular— trw-0731)
are
OMRI Listed by the Organic Materials Review Institute
as
"...suitable for use in the production of organic food and fibre."

EPA EXEMPT

Plantskydd is exempt from federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) pesticide registration. Plantskydd contains no synthetic additives, is non-toxic and is not harmful to animals, plants or the environment.

The 'active' ingredient is dried bloodmeal — recognized by the EPA as an environmentally safe ingredient.

In the United States, *bloodmeal* is an EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) exempted product/minimum risk pesticide and is exempt from the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act requirements, specifically under Section 25(b) c.f. Federal Register, 61(45), Mar. 6, 1996 and therefore is not subject to federal registration.

"The EPA has determined ... that the use of these pesticides poses insignificant risks to human health or the environment ...
"The Agency in promulgating this rule, is responding to society's increasing demand for more natural and benign methods of pest control ... "
May 6, 1996 USA — EPA

What makes it effective?

Plantskydd works by emitting an odor that animals associate with predator activity, repelling the animal before it nibbles on plants. The odor is not unpleasant to the applicator.

Research has proven that odor-based repellents are more effective than other repellent systems- where the animal needs to taste treated plants before being repelled. Once animals are attracted to an area and begin feeding, it is more difficult to discourage them from returning. Plantskydd stimulates a fear-based response which will have them looking for somewhere else to dine.

Plantskydd's long-term effectiveness is attributable to the tenacity of its 100% natural, vegetable oil binder in sticking to plants, even under severe snow/rainfall conditions: up to 6 months over winter, 3-4 months in summer.

Plantskydd is RAIN FAST IN 24 HOURS

In Canada and the United States, Plantskydd's effectiveness as an animal browse deterrent has been confirmed since 1994 in Operational Level Field Trials undertaken by large forest industry Cooperators on millions of conifer and deciduous trees of various species.

It is now considered the most cost-effective and environmentally safe animal browse deterrent available and is used by leading forest companies, nurseries, private woodlot owners, landscapers, home gardeners, as well as State/Provincial and Federal Conservation agencies.

Available in either soluble powder, pre-mix or granular formulation, Plantskydd repels: deer, elk, moose, rabbits and opossum by means of odor - which is not offensive to applicators during or after plant treatment.

Which repellents actually work ?

" ...Studies investigating trends in efficacy of deer repellents indicate that, of the 20 products tested, repellents with active ingredients that emitted sulfurous odors i.e.: bloodmeal or egg solids, generally provided the best results..."

"...Products that contained active ingredients which cause pain/irritation (capsaicin, allyl isothiocyanate), or illness (thiram) were less effective..."

"...Products that use a bitter taste (denatonium benzoate) were usually the least effective in reducing damage by herbivores. Repellents that were applied to plant surfaces were generally more effective than capsules or other devices that produced an odor intended to protect a specific area."

Conference Proceedings‹Advances and Challenges
in Forest Regeneration, June 1-2, 2000
Dr. Dale Nolte, Dr. Kim Wagner, USDA/APHIS
National Wildlife Research Center, Olympia, WA

Fertilizing Effects

As an added benefit, Plantskydd acts as a foliar feed fertilizer for many types of plants. Bloodmeal, Plantskydd's active ingredient, has long been recognized as an organic fertilizer. Studies performed by Pennsylvania State University showed that the use of Plantskydd on a variety of flowering plants resulted in a fertilizing effect.

"All plants tested that were treated with Plantskydd were larger, had more flowers and generally had greener leaves. This response is typical of the response created by an increased level of fertilization."

E. Jay Holcomb,
Professor of Floriculture Department of Horticulture,
Pennsylvania State University

Plantskydd Deer and Rabbit Repellent - was first developed in Sweden in 1991 in response to commercial forest plantations being decimated by deer, moose and rabbits. Operational use in field trials since 1994 in Canada and the United States, by large industry Co-operators, has confirmed Plantskydd's effectiveness in protecting tree seedlings, ornamental shrubs, flowers and garden plants from damage by deer, elk, moose and rabbits. Test results proved Plantskydd Deer and Rabbit Repellents out-lasted and out-performed all other repellents tested.

Now manufactured in the United States, Plantskydd has become the #1 choice of professional landscapers, nurseries, agriculture, orchardists, and conservation districts.

Agriculture Application Instructions

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