Here in El Paso, fruit trees do very well but the birds get to the fruits before the people. I get great plums, peaches and grapes as well as tomatoes and vegetable with no chemicals or commercial fertilizers. The birds tend to eat 80% of my crops and I would like to deter them without poisons or deadly measures.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 paul // Jul 10, 2008
Check the seed catalogs, they have a variety of methods. I found the only thing that works for me is to grow enough to share with the wildlife. I did give up on grapes though as the raccoons will eat the whole crop in one night.
2 James L // Jul 10, 2008
i want to know that too
3 wildrose // Jul 10, 2008
Hang strips of aluminum foil. That has worked great in our fruit trees.
4 Ã3AP3Ñ_TH3_L3G3ND⢠// Jul 10, 2008
STICK A FAKE OWL IN THE YARD WITH MOTION SENCOR.
5 Becky L // Jul 10, 2008
Go to a pool store and get some rubber snakes to put around. It will scare the birds off.
6 kate // Jul 10, 2008
Either get rolls of burlap from like the Home Depot or
Get volley ball / bad mitten nets from garage sales .
Loop over and around the fruit .
enjoy
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7 Shadow // Jul 10, 2008
realistic model owl.
It works around the restaurants and other places that Ive seen them used in.