> JF> Well I was just told today to steak each tomato plant (with
 > JF> maybe four  steaks for each) then after doing this... throw some
 > JF> netting over the whole  thing to keep birds out of your tomatoes!  I'm
 > One problem with the netting is that any tomato
 > growing on the outside of the tomato plant and near the
 > netting they can still get to! One year I had the netting on and a
 > baby grackle got caught in it. It wasn't interested in eating
 > tomatoes, it just wandered around on the ground nearby and got
 > caught. It got scared and then got really tangled in it. We had
 > to try to cut the net to get him out. What a job!  And what a
 > nice beak on that little bird!    After that experience I gave
 > up on the bird netting.  Didn't want to snare another bird.
        So what do you use now to keep birds off your tomatoes?
                                        Thanks for the info!
                                        Janis  :)
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E4TG0132 Date: 04/24/97
From: TIMOTHY DUEHRING                                      Time: 12:02pm
\/To: JANIS FOLEY                                         (Read 3 times)
Subj: R: Birds vs tomatoes!

Janis,

JF>.JF> I'm willing to try it because I have a bird family living above my
JF>JF> plants... Hmmm... How connvenient!
JF>>     Look for the positive in this, free fertilizer. 
JF>    Yeah... free fertilizer made from my own tomatoes!  :-@

    You wouldn't have to replant the tomatoes 
    
                                                           

Timothy Duehring
tduehrin@execpc.com
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E4TG0133 Date: 04/23/97
From: BUD SHERLOCK                                          Time: 03:01pm
\/To: DOT POCOCK                                          (Read 3 times)
Subj: SQUIRRELS

DP> Hi all!
DP> 
DP> I am looking for anything and everything that will keep squirrels out of 
my
DP> garden.  I've already lost one pepper plant and several leaf lettuce 
seedlings
DP> to the little varmint.  They tried to do a number on my chives too but,
DP> they're in a pot so I just placed rocks on top of the soil and that's 
keeping
DP> them away.  But I fear for my pepper and tomato plants.  Anyone have any
DP> suggestions?
DP> 
  Hi Dot
   I have never tried this but recently I heard 
that a radio placed near their nesting area will cause them to move.
Maybe the same thing may work in the garden.
 Good luck
  Bud
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