Liquid FenceDeer and Rabbit Repellent, Keep Deer and Rabbits Out of Garden Patio and Backyard, Use on Gardens Shrubs and Trees, Harmless to Plants and Animals When Used & Stored as Directed, 40 fl Ounce

I read a lot of mixed reviews about this product, but decided to give it a try any way. We live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Deer are plentiful around our 5 acre ranchette. For most of the acerage, we don't care. It is only in the 3 small raised flower beds immediately around our small backyard entertaining space that we care. So, first point, our area was confined to 3 raised flower bed approximately 15 feet long by 3 feet wide. Before the use of this product, the deer pretty much munched anything they wanted at night--including a couple of habanero peper plants with peppers that we planted just to try and make a deer's dinner too hot to enjoy. Didn't work.In a fit, I ordered both the granular and concentrated liquid fence. From reading the reviews, I opened the container expecting to be knocked off my feet by the smell. While certainly not pleasant, I didn't find it that objectionable. Smelled kind of like stong old moldy cheese to me. Not enjoyable, but certainly tolerable.So we replanted, mostly with deer resistant plants and spread the product liberally around the flower beds, hoping for the best. All the plants survived that night, and the next, and the next...... I used a light sprinkle of the granular every couple of days, just to be sure, but absolutely no deer damage.We've successfully used the product for 3 weeks now. I'm applying the concentrate from a small garden sprayer about once a week and following it up with granular applications once a week in between sprays of the liquid. Liquid fence, combined with deer resistant plants seem to be keeping our flowers from becomming dinner. Even the mums, which the deer just loved before liquid fence, are still blooming away with no deer damage (or ground squirrel) damage.So, for our small scale applicaton, we are 100% happy. However, if we had a large flower or vegatable garden, our method could become cumbersome and cost prohibitive. Best, and maybe the only solution for a large area may be a tall fence!

Where we live if you want to have any garden plants or shrubs you have to protect them from deer and rabbits. So you either build an 8' fence around them (which I did for my vegetable garden) or you have to use a deterrent spray. We have tried everything and I mean everything! I walked around and urinated around all of the beds, we saved hair from a barber shop and spread that around. We used wolf and fox urine. We have used every commercial spray that is out there. NOTHING worked, until I discovered Liquid Fence. They claim that it will last a 4-6 weeks even if it rains. That is a bit of a stretch. We have had it last a month with a couple of light rains during that time. If it rains hard we spray again. We usually spray every 2-3 weeks It really does work, we have had deer stop at the edge of the yard and turn around and go back into the woods. The rabbits won't go near it either. I always buy the concentrate and mix it myself in a 2 gallon sprayer. I have heard that the premix works really well to, but that is too expensive for the amount we use. If you only want to protect a few shrubs or plants the premix would probably be easier. There is one drawback, this stuff really stinks. It takes about 2 hours for the smell to go away. If your planning a backyard barbecue, spray at least two hours before hand. When mixing it try not to get it on your hands, it won't hurt you but it smells awful. It will wash off of your hands easily. With most concentrated products of any kind, if you cut the manufactures recommended use amount in half it will work just as well. We don't do that with Liquid Fence, we mix it according to the directions. You only use six ounces per gallon of water so it lasts along time.

We have a real problem with the deer eating our Arbor Vitae this winter and the local nursery said Liquid Fence worked. When they told me it was 57.00 for 40 ounces I thought I'd better check Amazon. Sure enough I found it and at 34.00 dollars and Prime, so you know where I bought it.But then I got stupid. I confess that I didn't read the reviews; if I had read them I wouldn't have made the mistake I made. It was 4 degrees outside so I mixed it in a closed three car garage. I put two gallons of water into the sprayer and started to dump 16 oz in the sprayer. By the time I got the 16 oz in the sprayer I was nauseous; I barely made it into the utility room off the garage before I tossed my cookies. I have worked with some nasty chemicals in my time (full strength hydrofluoric acid comes to mind) but this is the most noxious smelling stuff I have ever come across. I was still feeling light headed four hours later. After I recovered I finished mixing it and went out and sprayed the trees. I made sure to stay upwind as I didn't want to get any on me though it isn't as noxious when mixed.This 40 oz bottle makes 5 gallons. We have ten trees than stand about 9 ft tall. They are about 3 ft in diameter at six foot which is about as high as the deer eat. They should be about 5 ft in diameter at the base but are eaten back to 3 ft. To give you an idea of how much coverage you get it took 1 1/2 gallons to liberally spray all the trees from the base to 7 foot high. I mixed up another batch (for next use), outside this time, and had no problems. They recommend treating oen week later and then monthly after that. If the feeding is intense they recommend a third application a week after the second before going to monthly treatment.There doesn't seem to be much downside to trying this product as the label says they will refund your money if it doesn't work. Once the product dries on the trees there is no odor.If it works half as good on deer as it did on me my trees should start to fill out. It has only been four days since my first application and so far I don't see any fresh deer tracks in the snow. I will edit this review come summer time and raise it to five stars if it works. Just be sure to mix it outside!