Re: Protecting strawberries from birds

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• From: Pat ej10817@goodnet.com>
• Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 15:28:24 -0700 (MST)

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At 05:17 PM 3/21/00 EST, you wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>I'd appreciate suggestions for protecting my quickly ripening 
>strawberries...I put out the black '"netting" sold for that purpose and went 
>out this morning to find a bird caught in it.  I was able to release him, but 
>he had already pecked away at a large almost ripe berry.  Any other 
>suggestions??  Sorry if this has been recently covered.
>Thanks,
>
>Juliana  NW Louisiana Zone 8
>
How about some of the fine mesh nylon 'tulle' or other of the same kind sold
for formals, etc. Perhaps if you put this over the bird netting, it would
discourage the little thieves :-)) good luck

Pat
Pat Kolb, Contributing Editor, Low Desert Gardening, Suite 101
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/low_desert_gardening


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