Bobbex Concentrated Deer Repellent, 2.5 gal.

Due to last summer's drought, we had deer decimate first our vegetable garden and then our ornamentals. Although there is likely lots of food in the woods this year, they remembered where they ate last year, consuming my hostas and lilies as soon as they popped their heads above the ground and wiping out my Solomon's seal. My online research directed me to Bobbex. The odor is so foul, I gagged. I intended to use a mask to apply but my husband, who was not so repulsed by it, took over spraying. It is sooooooo effective, we have had no deer activity since!!! This is epic!!! We have reapplied after heavy rain but do not need to do so after light showers. My hostas and lilies have recovered and the newest plants to emerge have had no damage. We started with a small container and are now using a pump hand sprayer using a mixture from the larger refill size. This really saved my garden. Hopefully my husband will continue to spray (close any windows!!!!) but if not, I will do so with a mask.

Extremely stinky but it certainly keeps the deer away. The smell does fade away after a while. I use it daily during the growing season for my flowers. So far, the best way to keep the critters from munching on my plants

This is what my professional organic yard guy & arborist extraordinaire uses for deer. Very effective. Doesn’t repell rabbits though. It’s OK because deer are my biggest problem. Needs to be reapplied to shrubs and plants periodically after rain and snow. He does all the stuff I can’t/or choose not to do and I’m spraying this myself. Very effective and safe ingredients. Recommend!

Do yourself a favor when you use this stuff: wear a ventilator and don't spill any. I now start to gag when I am near it. It is very effective, but not user friendly. I despise it's sent almost as much as the deer do. Yuck! But it does save your plants and trees from deer damage when applied regularly. Update: I ordered a new bottle from Amazon. It showed up unopened, tight lid, and a plastic wrap around it (although that had a tear in it), and the box stunk walking it in from the porch. We have it sitting by itself without the box in the garage, and the garage stinks of Bobbex. I may just take the jug outside near the trees we want to protect and store it there to keep the deer away. Not sure how it can smell so bad unopened, if some of the product spilled on the outside of the packaging at the factory, or what, or maybe the shipping was just too rough for something so smelly. I may but locally next time to ensure that it doesn't smell this bad on the outside of the jug.

We have a deer problem right here in suburbia. They will eat ANYTHING! I'm trying to grow different varieties of spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and winter squash. This is a salad bar for deer in our area. How do I know? I put Ring cameras around my garden set to detect motion. In the morning I would check for motion. sure enough, there he was, munching away on my tomatoes. I started spraying with this product and haven't seen a deer in range of my cameras since. We live in NE Florida where it rains a lot in the summer. I assume the needs to be reapplied after a heavy rain, so around dusk I give the garden areas a quick shot of Bobbex. I keep a 1-quart spray bottle mixed with the concentrated Bobbex (I like that it is a concentrate so goes a long way). Small chore to get some food for my family instead of the deer. I checked around the Internet, and the Bobbex product was frequently recommended. So far, it is working great and I would recommend buying it. Oh, one other thing... The directions are under the front label. You have to look at the upper left-hand corner to see the tab to open it.

I rotate deer repellant products! This one works great!

Works for a good month!

Update June 2016 - Product became ineffective after using for a few years. Dear got use to it and would find what I sprayed and eat it. Most recently was 6/26 and they ate the lilies the same night i sprayed them with almost double the concentrate/ I even ensured they where coated to try and save them. Obviously nothing is fool proof so have to find a new spray without the same stink to throw off the deer... Old review below It is also probably the smelliest product I have used, really it stinks but not like that. It is also not to be sprayed when the windows are wide open on a sunny day taking in the lovely weather, according to the family that is :-) I have fought a losing battle for years now with my Day Lilies, White Lilies and Star Lilies losing each year. But this year we enjoyed almost all of the Lilies. I say almost all since in a heavy Dear area, which I have, they will sample a few plants before realizing it is yucky and move on. The Hydrangeas and Azaleas all got to bloom much more this year than any other also. And the Hostas where not the usual salad buffet like years past. They are correct in that you need to spray regularly in the growing season for fast growing plants and every 10-14 days, based on rain for, the others. But they are also correct in that it does not wash off easily, due to the Fish Oil, and it does provide superior protection when compared to all the other products I have used. Those products include everything Lowes and Home Depot sell, plus a few blood products from Amazon. I also tried the systemic pepper tablets, but they seem to work indifferently and if I did not spray then the plants got eaten - seems the deer like a little spice in their food but not this smelly stuff. So if you have a strong stomach this could be the product for you..