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

Maria,
    I haven't had the need.  I have netting over my blueberries (needs to 
be removed for pollination because bumble bees won't fly through it, but 
that is another subject) and haven't had much of a problem with my 
honeyberries.  Could this be a challenge for you to figure it out?

Jim

-----Original Message----- 
From: Maria
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 9:50 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [nafex] Jim Fruth's comments.

What about honeyberries/haskaps?  The birds eat them all the second they
ripen.  Jim, have you tried blue beads on honeyberries or blueberries?

Maria

On 1/29/16 10:33 AM, Naomi Counides wrote:
> Yes, thanks... got some good ideas from that.
> Naomi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jim 
> Fruth
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 8:13 AM
> To: mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Jim Fruth's comments.
>
> Alan,
>      You have my permission to send it to anyone.  I sent it to magazines 
> in
> US, UK, CA, Australia and Russia
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Haigh
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 5:05 AM
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [nafex] Jim Fruth's comments.
>
> Jim, do you mind if I quote your comments on the Growingfruit.org forum?
> Some members who don't also participate on nafex@lists might be 
> interested.
> I always thought this an ingenious strategy and reading it again I feel
> foolish for never having tried it as you've been sharing this for a very
> long time.
>
> 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.
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