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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: claybasket on June 05, 2012, 16:41:15

Title: lettice
Post by: claybasket on June 05, 2012, 16:41:15
The pigeons ate all the lettuce, they were walking under the plastic cloches ,I bought some supermarket cut and come again lettuce, i split it up and planted it , there was loads in the tray ,thought it was quicker than growing the seed again ;D
Title: Re: lettice
Post by: gavinjconway on June 05, 2012, 16:49:03
You need to get this from the pound shop and cover the from them pesky birds..

http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-range/a-z/garden-netting---6-metres/
Title: Re: lettice
Post by: claybasket on June 05, 2012, 19:50:14
Thanks Gavin I'll be strate down for some of that ,my usual haunt it 99p shop but I think I can afford £1  ;D great.
Title: Re: lettice
Post by: caroline7758 on June 05, 2012, 20:14:58
Then it'll just be the slugs you have to worry about! I resorted to pellets today after seeing what they'd done to my broccoli. >:(
Title: Re: lettice
Post by: Jeannine on June 05, 2012, 21:53:59
I am so pleased that we don't have pigeons, I planted out lettuce and other greens just last week with no problems.

I am so sorry, it used to be dreadful in the Uk.

XX Jeannine
Title: Re: lettice
Post by: antipodes on June 06, 2012, 09:52:18
yes funnily enough, we don't get many pigeons, yet we are in town. Get little blackbirds and sparrows but they don't seem interested in the greenery.
A lady on our site was growing things under a few clear plastic boxes. Seemed to work. Surely a pigeon couldn't get under those?