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Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:19 pm to Salmon
A cat
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:35 pm to Salmon
I put bird netting over my strawberries yesterday. They had left them alone for a long time, but they finally found them.
Going to put netting over my blackberries this week also.
Going to put netting over my blackberries this week also.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:39 pm to PillageUrVillage
I have a cat, so I guess netting is really the only option
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:50 pm to Salmon
I have to net everything. All of my blueberries are in netted enclosures. Have 2 peach trees I need to net, a persimmon tree, a loquat tree, and a fig tree. I am not going to net the blackberries. Nothing messed with them last year (fingers crossed).
Also, my entire garden is in netted enclosures.
Also, my entire garden is in netted enclosures.
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:54 pm to ChenierauTigre
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Nothing messed with them last year (fingers crossed).
Posted on 4/19/21 at 5:00 pm to PillageUrVillage
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I put bird netting over my strawberries yesterday. They had left them alone for a long time, but they finally found them.
I have a fig tree that I make it a point to get out before dawn to pick the figs before the birds get cranked up. The bastards will pick a hole in a fig, eat just a bit and move on to other figs. Before long, they destroy more figs than I pick
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 4/19/21 at 5:29 pm to gumbo2176
Those birds are some SOB’s, that’s for sure.
Netting already working for the strawberries. I just picked 3 ripe ones without hole pecked in them.
Netting already working for the strawberries. I just picked 3 ripe ones without hole pecked in them.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 5:48 pm to PillageUrVillage
Local Lowe's had some 6ft bamboo stakes in stock 
. Bought a few years worth just in case.
. Bought a few years worth just in case. Posted on 4/20/21 at 5:49 pm to PillageUrVillage
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Netting already working for the strawberries. I just picked 3 ripe ones without hole pecked in them.
Same here, but now with all this water I have slugs boring holes straight through them. Did not see that coming.
Posted on 4/20/21 at 9:52 pm to TheBoo
I’ve been picking squash, zucchini, and cucumbers over the past week or so. The zephyr squash look really cool once they get to be full sized. One of my pepper plants randomly started wilting yesterday. Not sure what the deal could be. Looks fine other than wilt on one of the satellite branches. I clipped all the fruits off of it and clipped the bad branch. I may lose it but thankfully there are plenty more.
This post was edited on 4/20/21 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 4/21/21 at 6:23 am to Salmon
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how do you keep birds off your berries?
For whatever reason, birds have never been an issue. No outside cats or anything, just never had birds go after my blueberries. Only problem I really have is the damn squirrels digging up my beds. Little furry bastards.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 10:01 am to Centinel
Well here we go... frost warning for top half of Alabama.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 1:48 pm to awestruck
Because when you are trying to grow a garden, it is always something.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 4:50 pm to TheBoo
That's my problem. Pick 15 strawberries throw 8 in the compost from slugs.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:01 pm to ChenierauTigre
Aphids have infested some of my peppers. We haven’t had measurable rain in 3 weeks. That coincides with when I put fertilizer out. Potatoes are flowering though. Should get a good rain on Friday. Fingers crossed for a nice steady soaking.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:56 pm to TheBoo
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I have slugs boring holes straight through them
Look up slug beer trap.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:23 am to PillageUrVillage
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Look up slug beer trap.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:56 am to PillageUrVillage
I've been reading that book Epic Tomatoes, wondering if anyone has a decent amount of experience growing heirloom vs hybrid, the only heirlooms I've grown are cherokee chocalote / purple, I'd say they were less productive than the hybrid varieties, but they produced larger and tastier fruits, didn't really notice any issue with diseases, but this is just 1 variety and wondering if anyone has more experience.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 9:38 am to jyoung1
I mostly grow both regular and dwarf heirlooms and hybrids. Right now I have 6 dwarf heirlooms, 6 indeterminate heirlooms, and two hybrids excluding cherries. I have been pretty consistent with those numbers over the last couple of years. I don't find much production difference between the hybrids and the heirlooms. The hybrids are more reliable but I will say the dwarf varieties that I grow (Fred's Tie Dye and New Big Dwarf) are super disease resistant compared to the indeterminate heirlooms I grow.
I pretty much quit on tomatoes towards the end of June just because it gets so hot. I don't have much problem keeping them alive until then.
I pretty much quit on tomatoes towards the end of June just because it gets so hot. I don't have much problem keeping them alive until then.
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