Do I need to protect my peas and beans with netting?
What dod i do with it? Just chuck it over the top pf the canes covering that plants?
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I've grown runner beans and broad beans before and have not had to protect either of them from birds.
Peas do need protection from pigeons. I don't know about french beans...
Ahhh netting for my peas it is. ;)
I noticed quite a few pigeons at the weekend when digging out weeds !
Ah roll on Friday .... and diggin :)
Birds won't normally fly or land or walk between rows so if you put a row of pea sticks either side of your peas you stand a good chance of being pigeon free. Your sticks are to hand too.
Good tip - thanks Ken.
The birds eat my runners at home -but not at the allotment, and leave the borlotti beans (which look a lot like runners) alone every where?
If you use netting be careful to make sure it's stretched quite tightly. If it's saggy it can trap the birds and kill them :)