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tahir
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tahir
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
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tahir
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Vanessa
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A cherries-and-birds tip from our rural French neighbours. Cut the bottom off a plastic bottle, attach some cord so the bottle can be suspended upside down in the tree, fairly high-up. Leave the lid off (which is now the bottom of the contraption) for drainage. 1/3-fill with moth-balls.
It's meant to keep the birds off, especially the middle-sized to large ones.
This year, our neighbour did this to our tree, and it was still heavily-laden when my hubby was out there this last weekend; neighbours had been instructed to harvest, so they were duly so-doing. I reckon they'd have got more than 100 kilos off that one tree!! Admittedly it's a large old tree, but even so. I picked about 40 kilos to bring home a couple of weeks ago, and had hardly touched the fruit on the tree at all!
Might be coincidence, but worth a try for those who can't net their trees? |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45389 Location: Essex
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