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Old March 1, 2013   #5
WVTomatoMan
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Location: West Virginia - Zone 6
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Hotwired: I don't know if you grow hot peppers or not, but if you do I know something that might nix the deer chewing off the tops of your pepper plants. Plant hot peppers on the perimeter of your pepper garden. You might get some slight damage, but they'll leave them alone soon enough. I found this out accidently. Years ago I just happened to have a hot pepper plant on one of the corners and I saw a deer approaching it so I just decided to let things unfold and watch. She started to munch and it didn't take her long to spit it out and run. I assume she ran as fast as she could to her water source. Since then I've planted hot peppers on the perimeter and rarely get any deer damage. Somehow word gets around.

Randy
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