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Produce => Under Glass => Topic started by: Duke Ellington on May 29, 2018, 08:26:17
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At the weekend a pigeon walked into my greenhouse and started to fly around. It landed on a couple of seedling trays and created havoc!! My nurtured seedlings were knocked to the floor😡. I had the door open because it was so hot.
I was wondering is any of of you have any practical suggestions for a type of screen that will let pollinating insects in but keep the pigeons out.
Duke
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How very annoying! I get the same with pigeons and voles. Do you have a roof vent? And a mosquito screen across the open door?
The good news is that tomatoes don't need pollinators, which is what most people grow in their greenhouse. Ditto the modern type of cucumber.
As you say it was seedlings that were destroyed. That may no longer be a problem once the seedlings are planted out. Good luck
It does not have to be mosquito screen, a much coarser netting would do for pigeons. :wave:
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Netting is the simple answer but which one?
As galina mentions one type is good for this and another for that, you might get more ideas by looking at these different types of nets.
http://www.knowlenets.co.uk/ (http://www.knowlenets.co.uk/)
Then from days of yore: you could use strips of coloured plastic or strings of beads hung from the top of the door frame, meaning you can walk in and out but it would generally deter birds and animals.
Only a thought!
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Go to Wilco's and get some 2" square plastic netting role. :icon_cheers:
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How about a bamboo curtain, I got one for 20 quid for back door. Only just stopped a pair of pigeons from making a nest in the wisteria, right next to the back door, very persistent pests.
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https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/game-recipes/flying-steak-sandwich
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place a plastic hawk on top of the greenhouse should work a treat and keep them from the surrounding area hope this helps
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place a plastic hawk on top of the greenhouse should work a treat and keep them from the surrounding area hope this helps
£7.89 @ amazon with free delivery
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I have often got birds in the greenhouse they fly in the vent or the door have taken to leaving trays on floor when i can as there has been so much damage on the start.
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Remind me of a similar experience with a cat.
I must have unknowingly shut my greenhouse door for the day not realising I had shut a cat in.
The following morning as I opened the door there was a scurry and things went flying everywhere as the cat tried to get away from me in the doorway.
Now being a greenhouse it was glazed from floor to ceiling and the cat must have looked through the glass thinking it was a way out not realising there was a pane of glass in the way.
So yes you have guessed it ...it dived through what it thought was an opening and went straight through the glass which was around 5ft high and 2½ft wide.
Now I was not pleased but I had to laugh because it reminded me of watching a cartoon where the escaping animal leaves a silhouette of its shape as it dives out of the glass, this cat in fact did just that! I thought this was impossible till I saw it with my own eyes and yes I could roughly see the shape of a cat in the remains of the sheet of glass, and no I was not on the :occasion14: and to this day I can't figure out how such a thing could happen :dontknow:
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Too funny Tee Gee and Ancells😂😂😂😂