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["Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>]

Ginda,
For chipmunks, try spraying plants with a heavy dose of fish meal emulsion.
The smell drives the chipmunks away--at least it did in my strawberry patch.
They were eating every ripe berry or tossing them on the sidewalk until I
foliar fed the berry plants.  No damage since then.
Doreen Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001 1:59 PM
Subject: [nafex] NAFEX Re: Birds & tomatoes (was: raspberries, netting, and
birds)


>Thanks, all.
>
>I have unprotected tomatoes (cherry and regular), and I haven't had any
>trouble, so I will leave the raspberries alone.  I will continue netting
>the blueberries, though.  (And I've totally given up on strawberries, at
>least until I can find a good way to protect them from birds and
>chipmunks.)
>
>Thanks, guys, you've just saved me a chunk of money.  Maybe I should go
>fill up my bird bath, though. . .
>
>Ginda Fisher
>eastern Mass., zone 6
>
>Doreen Howard wrote:
>>
>> Betty,
>> The birds will peck holes in 2-pounders if they are thirsty enough.
>>
>. . .
>> Generally, the hotter the summer weather, the more inclined birds are to
go
>> after tomatoes.
>> Doreen Howard
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Betty Mayfield <bmayfield@columbia-center.org>
>> To: nafex@yahoogroups.com <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:54 PM
>> Subject: Birds & tomatoes (was Re: [nafex] raspberries, netting, and
birds)
>>
>> >To the list:
>> >
>> >In Sam's comments on birds in regards to raspberries or other berries, I
>> >was interested to note the reference to birds and tomatoes. Until a week
or
>> >so ago I had never heard of birds as a danger to tomatoes. I have never
>> >seen it in my own garden, nor had I heard anyone complain before. The
>> >complaint I heard recently involved the little cherry tomatoes. Is it
>> >possible that the birds attack only the small tomatoes, perhaps
confusing
>> >them with real cherries? Does anyone have any experience with this?
>> >
>> >Betty
>> >(northwest Oregon)
>> >
>> >At 08:25 AM 8/26/2001 -0500, Sam wrote:
>> >
>> >>Ginda, the feeding of birds on my fall-bearing raspberries (which
>> >>started to ripen in July this year) is negligible.
>> >
>> ><snip>
>> >
>> >>fellow gardeners have pretty well given up trying to grow blueberries
>> >>without netting. I suspect the same would be true for strawberries
>> >>and possibly cherries.  In addition, the birds have access to ripening
>> >>tomatoes and other vegetables in the plots.--Sam in Saint Paul, Minn.
>> >>
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