2012年2月8日星期三

How do I keep birds away from my strawberry plants?

Have your neighbor plant bigger, better strawberry plants. or just get a bird feeder.
How do I keep birds away from my strawberry plants?
MOST OF US like to see birds in and around our gardens. But once in a while they become too numerous and compete with us for what we eat. you must be curious, frustrated, or both about how to keep birds out of your strawberries. You are probably wondering why you spend time and money on a berry patch when the birds get most of the berries. Well, here are a few tips to help you even the odds.



Birds are difficult to control because they are extremely mobile. If you scare them away from one area, they will congregate in another. If your neighbor scares them again, they may fly back to your strawberry patch. They often develop a movement pattern that takes them from one feeding area to another throughout the day. And you can't just stand there and flap your arms at them. When the birds find out you can't run fast enough to catch them they'll just stay out of your reach.



Some people use scarecrows. We all know what happens to scarecrows. After a few days they become roosts for every bird in the neighborhood. Somewhat more effective are artificial scaring devices, such as rubber snakes, plastic owls, eye balloons, flapping wooden ducks, noise-making "clickers" and devices that imitate squawking birds. These must be moved regularly and interchanged with other devices, otherwise the birds become used to them and take over the garden again.



Some repelling devices, like ultrasonics, have not been proven in the field. My advice to you is to stay away from this equipment and use the money you save to buy fresh-picked strawberries from your local grocer.



Protective netting, properly installed, does a good job of keeping birds out of small strawberry plots. It is inexpensive and easy to install. It does, however, make picking somewhat cumbersome. The netting mesh must be 1/4-inch in diameter or smaller without any holes. Secure all the edges to the ground. You may have to pile loose soil over the netting to keep birds from working their way underneath. Suspend the netting above and away from the edges of the plants (Fig. 1). Otherwise, birds will walk across the plants and harvest the fruit through the netting's mesh.
Reply:Some use a string of aluminum pie plates blowing in the wind. But you have to keep moving them or the birds will get use to them.

You can get bird netting at a good garden center to spread over them.

The plastic owls and snakes haven't done much for me.
Reply:My dad used to have aluminum pie tins tied to strings and suspended from nearby branches to keep birds away from our crops.
Reply:We had to build a chicken wire cage around ours. I have heard that if you hang old Cd's around them that the flashing will keep them away.
Reply:Cover them with a bird netting to keep them from getting to your berries.
Reply:traditional scarecrow?
Reply:buy a rifle!!!

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