I think this is the best Hummingbird I have grown, unfortunately, some
mammal also thinks so as 4 blooms have been eaten.
I wanted to get this one photographed before it’s eaten too. One of the
bulbs entire stem was taken!
Not the best photo, but I’m still learning my new camera. This was taken
in the very late evening with barely a glimmer of sunlight.
Tom
Oh, no! What animal is learning to like
the taste of daffodils!;-> Tom, the
crispness of the photos from your new
camera is amazing!
Very early this season when very little
was growing I had a small patch of
tender miniature Keira triandrus foliage
chomped back. I suspected a very hungry
deer, but who knows.
Becky Fox Matthews
that daffy girl near Nashville
Very early in the growing season, I often see chewing marks on emerging
daffodil foliage. But invariably a few feet away, I will find evidence that
it has been spit out as unappetizing. It seems that deer will try anything
once, but they quickly learn and rarely will I see it as buds appear.
Another tactic is to regularly feed them at a spot in your garden far away
from the things you want them to avoid; they learn quickly and make tracks
to that spot.
Edie Godfrey
Minnesota–on marshland wide open to deer, rabbits, coyotes, raccoons, wild
turkeys, etc.
The deer herd that we have in MD is like locust. They leave a clean earth policy behind them. They don’t eat the standards, but I can’t put any kind of species or those close to species like Golden Bells out were the deer can get to them.
Then again, our deer will eat Cedar and Pine back as far as they can reach up into the bush. Japanese Yew is one of their favorites, along with hosta, oriental lilies, tulips, etc.
Daffnetters:
Please do not feed deer. It is illegal in many places, especially in U.S. states with chronic wasting disease problems because it fosters the spread of disease to artificially maintain populations with feeding and to have deer feeding from a common spot. Please check your state wildlife or natural resource agency. For example, in Minnesota there are some areas where there is an emergency ban on feeding deer and elk because of disease concerns:
files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/laws_treaties/emergency_rules/2011-deerelk-feedingban.pdf
Minnesota always discourages supplemental feeding (see last sentence in section on Winter):
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/assistance/backyard/privatelandsprogram/managing_woodland_deer.pdf
Thanks!
Debbie in Western NC who has worked with wildlife agency personnel in several states on deer management issues
LOL. My intent is not the feed the deer my daffodils. They just help
themselves. LOL
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