The daylilies are the worst, imo, because once the deer eat the buds, that's it. The phlox will regrow and bloom, and the hostas return, but the daylilies - ugh. Vent away! It is completely reasonable lol.

I have a large garden to spray also. Although for me it's not the size but the fact that sprayers never ever work for me. Whether it's a spray bottle, a pump sprayer, a spray bottle I'm re-using or a brand new one, it might spray for ten sprays and then stops. My husband can't get over how our garage is littered with the bodies of unusable spray bottles. The other day after the deer ate some of my daylily buds I was so desperate to spray the remaining one I almost emptied a bottle of grated cheese to use it to sprinkle the deer repellent with!

I actually found some deer poop in the yard this morning so I will go (and attempt to) spray again this evening.

:)

Dee

I used all the spray I had an had trouble too. I’ve heard Lowe’s has gallon bottles. I keep finding more eaten stuff too, verbascum that had new buds, etc. I have over 100 kinds of daylilies and this sooooo annoying.

May I recommend this particular hand sprayer: SOLO is the brand. I got mine from the big A online, and it is a joy to use. Their hand sprayers come in two sizes, and there are also really large ones (backpack style, I think) if you have a lot of gardens. These work by pump-action, and I love mine! Just a PSA!

ETA -- the nozzles can be moved to spray under the leaves as needed, which is brilliant, IMO!!

Thank you Roxanne!

You're welcome, Barrheadlass. I use one for mildew spray on phlox and others (i part skim milk to 9 parts H2O) which is usually effective for me. The other sprayer is for foliar spray such as Miracle Gro. Which reminds me.... =)