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Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 10:13 am Post subject: Go figure.
On my plot gooseberries don't get eaten by rabbits. Neither do blackcurrants. Planted two rooted Jostaberry cuttings (Blackcurrant x gooseberry), totally defoliated.

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
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Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 10:46 am Post subject:

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45431
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 11:57 am Post subject: Re: Go figure.

Tavascarow wrote:

On my plot gooseberries don't get eaten by rabbits.
Neither do blackcurrants.
Planted two rooted Jostaberry cuttings (Blackcurrant x gooseberry), totally defoliated.

Not sawfly?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45500
Location: yes

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 1:23 pm Post subject:
how big are the teeth marks?

VM

Joined: 23 Nov 2007
Posts: 1748
Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 3:20 pm Post subject:
I've just started putting rhubarb leaves under gooseberry bushes - tip from Wentworth for deterring sawfly. Anyone else do this / tried it?

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 4:12 pm Post subject:

VM wrote:

I've just started putting rhubarb leaves under gooseberry bushes - tip from Wentworth for deterring sawfly. Anyone else do this / tried it?

Nope but I'll give it a go.
Definitely rabbit damage on these two not sawfly or mice.

gray_b

Joined: 24 Jun 2011
Posts: 251
Location: Leafy Shires of the Midlands

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 8:33 pm Post subject:
Could well be pigeons. As they are stripping the foliage on most of my fruit trees.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue May 20, 14 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: Go figure.

Tavascarow wrote:

On my plot gooseberries don't get eaten by rabbits.
Neither do blackcurrants.
Planted two rooted Jostaberry cuttings (Blackcurrant x gooseberry), totally defoliated.

Sodium is a nasty, potentially explosive metal.
Chlorine is a toxic, choking gas.
Sodium chloride is tasty on chips.

Sometimes combinations are better than their parts, I guess.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15598

Posted: Wed May 21, 14 7:26 am Post subject:
You could try rabbit fencing just the plants affected. Stakes round the corners with extra in the middle if long runs. Ideal is to bury the rabbit mesh, but pegging or weighting will usually do. Turn it outwards and make sure it lays flat or is buried as the rabbits try to get under it where the obstruction is; where it goes upwards. Hope it works.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Wed May 21, 14 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Go figure.

Nick wrote:

Tavascarow wrote:

On my plot gooseberries don't get eaten by rabbits.
Neither do blackcurrants.
Planted two rooted Jostaberry cuttings (Blackcurrant x gooseberry), totally defoliated.

Sodium is a nasty, potentially explosive metal.
Chlorine is a toxic, choking gas.
Sodium chloride is tasty on chips.

Sometimes combinations are better than their parts, I guess.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Wed May 21, 14 5:16 pm Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

You could try rabbit fencing just the plants affected. Stakes round the corners with extra in the middle if long runs. Ideal is to bury the rabbit mesh, but pegging or weighting will usually do. Turn it outwards and make sure it lays flat or is buried as the rabbits try to get under it where the obstruction is; where it goes upwards. Hope it works.

I've put some chicken wire around them now.
Hoping the pruning hasn't stunted them to much.

sueshells

Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 690
Location: North Bucks

Posted: Wed May 21, 14 10:26 pm Post subject:
Might do them good (the "pruning"). The most productive dwarf French Bean plants I ever had were initially reduced to little more than stumps but they grew away and cropped heavily (even more heavily than is usual for French Beans).

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45500
Location: yes

Posted: Thu May 22, 14 4:14 pm Post subject:
a lurcher might provide evidence of the culprits

Mithril

Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex

Posted: Thu May 22, 14 6:35 pm Post subject:
I heard about the rhubarb top on here. I tried it last year, and unlike previous years, and no saw fly

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Fri May 23, 14 12:12 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

a lurcher might provide evidence of the culprits

A good JRT (One on the left in my avatar photo) provided some evidence this morning whilst his father (One on the right) was patrolling the boundaries.
He even got to eat the best half before his dad had returned.
Usually Woody steals anything his son catches but not this time.

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