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Post by grannyg on Mar 3, 2021 20:19:06 GMT
Time to redo the barrels...need to order new strawberry plants.... I grew herbs in the tops
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Post by mogal on Mar 3, 2021 22:44:35 GMT
Grannyg, what kind of yield do you get from your strawberry tower? Do you use June bearing or everbearing plants?
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Post by grannyg on Mar 4, 2021 0:35:05 GMT
We had everbearing ones...the birds would beat me to them at times, and the summer heat can be very hard on them....had enough for us, just the two of us...
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Post by countrymom22 on Mar 7, 2021 19:12:08 GMT
I read somewhere that if you paint some rocks red like your berries and put them into the strawberry patch a few weeks before the berries ripen, the birds will try to eat the rocks and become discouraged. So by the time your berries are ready, the birds will have given up on eating them. While I don't know if that's true, I plan on trying it this season.
I'm sad as I've just opened the last container of frozen raspberries from my garden. Can't wait for berry season to start!
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Post by susannah on Mar 7, 2021 21:03:45 GMT
I read somewhere that if you paint some rocks red like your berries and put them into the strawberry patch a few weeks before the berries ripen, the birds will try to eat the rocks and become discouraged. So by the time your berries are ready, the birds will have given up on eating them. While I don't know if that's true, I plan on trying it this season. I'm sad as I've just opened the last container of frozen raspberries from my garden. Can't wait for berry season to start! Years ago I read something similar to the red rocks, but about tomatoes. The article suggested hanging red Christmas ornaments before the tomatoes ripen to discourage the birds. I didn't try it, since the only round red Christmas ornaments I had were glass ones, and I could imagine the mess that might occur if I used those. If I'd had non-breakables, I might have given it a try. Although at the time, the worst of the tomato thieves were chipmunks. They would take one tiny bite out of each tomato. The "chipmunk wars" between the chipmunks and my husband were epic. I'd love to grow strawberries. I've heard they can be grown here, so maybe this is my year to try.
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Post by mogal on Mar 7, 2021 21:48:43 GMT
"Chipmunk wars" Too funny. I get it but I still think it's funny.
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Post by farmerjack on Mar 7, 2021 21:50:28 GMT
Have bent plastic pipe over the strawberry bed, which is about 6 X 30. Put bird netting over the hoops to keep the birds out. Becomes a pain to pick, but I get the berries, not the birds.
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Post by susannah on Mar 8, 2021 2:12:39 GMT
"Chipmunk wars" Too funny. I get it but I still think it's funny. Oh my gosh. The memories. There were living room and dining room windows right over the garden at our prior home. Which were open most of the time in summer - we didn't get that all that hot usually, so we used nature's air conditioning. First came the unmistakable "chip, chip, chip!" call of the chipmunks, followed by dh leaping off the couch and out the patio door faster than the speed of light. I don't know if he thought he'd actually catch a chipmunk or what. No, he never did catch one (although our dog was pretty good at it). My husband just wanted to beat the chipmunk at its tomato-thieving game. The chipmunks always won. So we moved back up here where the chipmunks aren't much of an issue (that's not why we moved here but you know what I mean). Now it's deer who will eat anything and everything. Including plants that deer supposedly don't like but apparently never got the message. But unlike chipmunks who could get through just about anything, a high fence of deer netting - or placement of tub plants on a second level deck - is a really, REALLY good tomato thievery deterrent for our local deer population.
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