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["Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>]

Sam,

   I grow sour cherries and have ZERO bird problems.  Why?  I hang red 
plastic 'cherries' in the trees and leave them in the tree the whole year 
around, replacing them as they fade.  Also, I put red painted stones in the 
strawberries as soon as blooming is finished.  The birds peck on the rocks, 
hurt their beaks and don't come back.  AND I hang raspberry shaped berry 
beads around the perimeter of the red raspberry patch as soon as blooming is 
done.  It doesn't work 100% but it helps.  Black berry beads do not work 
with blackberry and black raspberry and I don't know why not.

Jim Fruth




-----Original Message----- 
From: Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 9:16 AM
To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters
Subject: [nafex] Saving cherries from the birds (Good Fruit Grower)

Saving cherries from the birds 
<https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.goodfruit.com/saving-cherries-from-the-birds/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoTNzM1ODEzMTQ0NDE1NTI3MTA4MjIaZGZlMDEyNzc3YmU4NDVhNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEDJr2TLeRcvRkWWfJdDVTo2gvesQ> 
(http://www.goodfruit.com/saving-cherries-from-the-birds/ )
Good Fruit Grower
Cherry growers sometimes feel like they're growing fruit mainly for the 
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