Automatic Watering System

[dad911]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

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The biggest problem with arborvitaes is that they are a staple of the deer diet......

We planted a deer resistant variety. I had my doubts, but after two years and many dozens of deer sightings, the deer have left them alone.

[Superman]

Originally Posted by dad911

Hmmm.....

A pressure regulator is needed for this system, and I included that. And I continue to notice that pressure and volume are not independent. Based on the soaker hose experiment I described.

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by dad911

We planted a deer resistant variety. I had my doubts, but after two years and many dozens of deer sightings, the deer have left them alone.

Just a matter of time.

Deer survive by not decimating the food sources in their environment all at once. In addition, habitat loss forces deer to modify their diets depending on what’s still available.

The Sandwicher planted arbs along the road for privacy and to knock down the dust. They grew to 10’ or so. Beautiful, too. 10 years growth or so.

Then one morning they were devoid of green from the ground up to about 5’ feet.

[stevej37]

^^^ I think it was 7 or 8 winters back when we had an extended time of zero temps and a thick cover of snow. I woke up one early morning (prob 2 or 3 am) to see 5 deer on their back legs devouring my arborvitae in the yard.

They would grab a mouth full of the green and back up to strip the rest. Over and over.

[greglepore]

If deer are a problem, easy to put up a 7 ft deer fence. Cheap metal poles from tractor supply and about 200 bucks worth of poly fence. Its almost invisible. Did like 400 ft of it between woods and backyard for 500 bucks including college kid labor.