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  • From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
  • To: Bill Dailey <dailey@ORION.sas.upenn.edu>
  • Subject: Re: bottled grapes
  • Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:28:30 -0400

Thanks. I'm surprised the raccoons don't figure out how to pull off the
bottles. I will try it this year. I have only one vine, and it is
small - I shouldn't let it crop heavily enough to be a huge pain to
cover even if it was willing to.

Ginda

Bill Dailey wrote:
>
> Hi Ginda,
> You can see a picture of the soda bottles in action at
>
> http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dailey/picturegallery.html
>
> Check out the bottom of the page. Also, go back to the main byfg
> page to get other good links.
>
> As far as when to do this, I typically will wait until the fruit has
> gotten mostly grown but still green. That way I can spray for fungus
> or bugs until then. Then I take a 2 liter clear soda bottle and cut
> off the the bottle at the neck so that I remove the screw threads
> which are hard to cut. Then I slice the bottle down most of the way,
> poke several holes in the bottom to remove any condensation, and then
> just slip it over the bunch, and supporting the bottle or clipping it
> to a branch. This works wonders for getting a full crop but it can
> be a pain if you have a lot of bunches.
>
> Bill




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