"Sacha" wrote in message
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We don't grow strawberries ourselves except for the occasional fraises de
bois found lurking somewhere. But the blackbirds do seem to like having a
go at the greenouse tomatoes. I don't begrudge them but I do wish they'd
take one, eat it and be done with that, rather than pecking holes in
others and then leaving them!


I have tried the sacrificial saucer technique for the toms - it has
definitely reduced
the number of pecked ones.

The later tom plantings are still flowering and fruiting in the (unheated)
greenhouse !

Looks like this weekend's predicted frosts may do for them though (:-(

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com