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Old 08-10-2006, 09:49 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default blueberry netting

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 15:07:48 -0400, "fudge"
wrote:

Then you don't have any Bluejays, Scarlet Tanagers, Cedar Waxwings or
Robins around. Perhaps all your fruit eating birds have something better to
gobble up than blueberries. They also like chokecherries and Saskatoon
berries. What really ****es me off is when they all squack at me any time I
go near the blueberry patch.
Most winters, rodents eat the tender fruit bearing tips of the blueberry
bushes. Some years I am lucky to get enough fruit for a single blueberry
pie.

F.J.

45N,77W


I use the bird netting or deer netting sold at Home Depot. It works
well and it is difficult to see from a distance. I suggest keeping
the netting off the ground and away from the lawn mower. My blueberry
crop was not large this year--I have 4 well-established plants and a
young small plant.