Irish spring soap squirrel repellent. Irish spring is one of these homemade deterrents and some people experience great success using this strong smelling soap to deter their unwelcome guests. How to repel garden pests with irish spring soap. Dec 2 2014 explore fanoftim2s board squirrel repellent on pinterest. I googled it found a lot of mention of it but nothing that was concrete.
Take a cup of your favorite hot sauce add a spoonful of cayenne pepper and a capful of murphys oil soap and mix together. They are so cute but im now madi have been using deer repellent helps for only one to two days maybe 3. Grate a bar of original scent irish spring soap i used my salad shooter and put a small amount of the shavings into a piece of panty hose and knot both ends tie it on your bird feeder under a squirrel baffle to help keep it dry and a squirrel wont come near you feeder. Mammals like rabbits and deer find the stench of irish spring soap loathsome so it works as a perfect deterrent.
I have an avocado tree that has over a hundred fruit growing this year and a rare socal squirrel just moved to my back yard and ate my apricots. If squirrels are getting into your garden keep them away with a homemade pepper spray. And recipes for homemade or natural deterrents are plentiful. But success with these products is unpredictable.
Spray the mixture in whatever areas you want the squirrels to steer clear of like the borders of your garden. Irish spring soap can also be used as a repellent for your garden. See more ideas about squirrel garden pests pest control. My wife just told me of a friend who just bought a case of irish spring soap to use as squirrel repellant in his avocado tree.
To keep pesky mammals at bay irish spring soap can be added to your garden as an inexpensive repellent since animals find the stench unpleasant. Several commercial deer repellent products are available. Heres the link to. I hope it cleaned them out.
Im hoping it will also work on groundhogs. Than here come the deer again. Slice the irish spring soap bar into 12 inch. Last week i went out to check my trees and saw that there was no sign of deer damage but most of the is was gone.
Irish spring soap i found a great deal on it here 8 bars for less than 4. I was given the idea to use irish spring soap to repel squirrels raccoons and cats by babette cross of babette is in the garden.