Topic: Brassica carnage

[Si D]

The birds* somehow managed to get through the nets on my sprouts and broccoli.  The vast majority of my c.5inch tall plants are now denuded of their leaves, just sorry looking stems.  Do you think that they will recover or should I start again.  Is it too late to start them again now?
thanks


*looks like one crash dived into the nets by the amount of feathers left behind

[bridgehouse]

same thing happened to me, but no feathers, another plot holder said it was mice in my case.
      Bridgehouse.

[grotbag]

mmine were eaten by pigeons but they soo recovered,so i wouldnt panic just yet

[Si D]

thanks....I shall hold off buying emergency plugs for a while!

[manicscousers]

*looks like one crash dived into the nets by the amount of feathers left behind

sounds like one was sitting there, quite happily eating and a cat attacked  ;D

[ceres]

I carefully netted my gooseberries last year only to arrive one day and find the cage full of feathers and not a gooseberry left.  Little b****r had sqeezed under the net between two bricks and then panicked when it couldn't find it's way out.

[timnsal]

At least it got out! Found a blackbird stuck in somebody else's strawberry nets yesterday, with about 3 miles of netting wound round one foot. It's not easy to unwind one-handed. Didn't inspire me to start using nets.

Old cds hung on strings seem to be working quite well so far.

Sally

[Mr Smith]

Just had the same bird problem but yesterday on my lotty a big black cat appeared from over the wall  ;)

[Columbus]

Hi all,

Found a blackbird stuck in somebody else's strawberry nets yesterday, with about 3 miles of netting wound round one foot.

There`s a reminder to keep nets tight.

I net everything, mostly with finer mesh but I want to stop birds eating my crops not to trap and kill them. I also hang brightly coloured clothes pegs off supporting wires and things like bean nets to help make them noticable.

Col

[Duke Ellington]

Hi ~~I have just joined this forum today!!
Just wanted to say that I am using builders scaffold netting(debris netting) on my brassicas! It is tightly woven mesh and birds cannot get injured in it. The other good point is that birds can see it  :) so hopefully will not divebomb it !!

Duke Ellington

[manicscousers]

hiya, duke, welcome to the site, we use scaffold netting too, certainly works for us  ;D