I've only seen one horizontal fence, looked good. Owner said it worked well.. It was 6 wide and hinged with one bolt about a foot off the ground so you could flip it up and mow underneath. Personally since most modern orcharists are set up for installing wire trellises a deer fence is actually quite easy. I just bought everything needed to install a 10 foot, ten wire fence for 30 acres, it was under $3000 for materials. I figure the installation will cost about the same and can be done during the normally slow time of year.
Bill Fleming Montana State University Western Ag Research Center 580 Quast Ln Corvallis, MT 59828 (406)961-3025 ________________________________ From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of Ed Fackler Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:43 AM To: Apple-Crop Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: deer I'd also like to hear more detail on it. My gut reaction is that while it may well work, controlling or managing weeds could be troublesome especially on highly erodible soils (created by herbicides...). Therefore Mr. (or Ms.) T. Curl, would you please comment further on your "flat fence". Thanks. ed On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Bill Shoemaker <wshoe...@illinois.edu<mailto:wshoe...@illinois.edu>> wrote: Sounds interesting. Could you describe what it is and how you think it works? Bill > I am aware that large orchards and geology of where > they are planted would play into it but has anyone > tried "flat fencing"? We used it this year and it > has kept out deer and raccoons. We used a > combination of chicken wire and the plastic snow > fencing. Seem they do not like stepping on it. At > least it might be less expensive than an electric > fence or could possibly be used in combination to > reduce costs. Just a thought. > > T. Curl > Fichthorn-Curl Farms > Ohio, USA William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops St Charles Horticulture Research Center 535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174 630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements <webmas...@virtualorchard.net<mailto:webmas...@virtualorchard.net>>. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent "official" opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content.
