I should say I tried the painted rocks trick for my strawberries and
the birds were not fooled, alas. They were pretty convincing I
thought, I grabbed for those rocks I don't know how many times when I
was picking berries. It probably depends on what type of birds you
have.
The birds are now pecking at my Santa Rosa plums and it is making me a
bigger fan of yellow plum varieties, which they have been almost
completely ignoring. Putting footies on the pluots completely fooled
them, making the fruits tan and not red.
Scott
[NAFEX] Nobel Harvest Prize,
Scott Smith, 07/24/2008