Garlic Sticks - do they work?

pinklady5 · June 9, 2016

Does anyone know if the garlic sticks actually work to prevent rabbits and deer? I lost 10 heads of speckled romaine lettuce and my 3 parsley plants. Something ate them down to the ground. Does anyone have any other success using organic products to deter these invaders?

HudsonValley · June 17, 2016

I don't know what garlic sticks are, but I use Liquid Fence spray and Repels-All granules, applied once a week, alternating between the two. I apply more often if it rains a lot. They're expensive products, and fairly smelly, but they do work when applied regularly. I've also had success planting onion sets around the beds at 6-inch intervals, but onions don't grow well alongside certain plants like peas. (I've sometimes wondered if granulated garlic would work as a repellent -- Repels-All looks and smells like it -- but haven't tried it. I'd need restaurant-supply quantities; lots of critters here!)

AlittleSalt · June 17, 2016

I have never heard of garlic sticks either. I would have replied earlier if I had seen your thread. The best things are a fence and a border collie.

June 9, 2016	#1
pinklady5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Central NJ Posts: 234	Garlic Sticks - do they work? Does anyone know if the garlic sticks actually work to prevent rabbits and deer? I lost 10 heads of speckled romaine lettuce and my 3 parsley plants. Something ate them down to the ground. Does anyone have any other success using organic products to deter these invaders?

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June 17, 2016	#2
HudsonValley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Hudson Valley, NY, Zone 6a Posts: 626	I don't know what garlic sticks are, but I use Liquid Fence spray and Repels-All granules, applied once a week, alternating between the two. I apply more often if it rains a lot. They're expensive products, and fairly smelly, but they do work when applied regularly. I've also had success planting onion sets around the beds at 6-inch intervals, but onions don't grow well alongside certain plants like peas. (I've sometimes wondered if granulated garlic would work as a repellent -- Repels-All looks and smells like it -- but haven't tried it. I'd need restaurant-supply quantities; lots of critters here!)

June 17, 2016	#3
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I have never heard of garlic sticks either. I would have replied earlier if I had seen your thread. The best things are a fence and a border collie.