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Will moth balls work with tomatoes?
Ok even a full bird feeder isn't working this year - at least well enough!
And I can not afford to spend the $10 a week on feeding them. They are going after even the slightly orange tomatoes and it is such a huge flock of White Winged Doves that have taken over I don't even get the Blackbirds, Jays, Wrens, & Sparrows anymore. Has anyone tried hanging those moth balls from the tomato cages? Does it dissuade the birds? Does it affect (adversely) the tomatoes themselves? Anyone else having a lot of trouble this year too? -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) |
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Will moth balls work with tomatoes?
"Wayfarer" wrote in message gy.com... Ok even a full bird feeder isn't working this year - at least well enough! And I can not afford to spend the $10 a week on feeding them. They are going after even the slightly orange tomatoes and it is such a huge flock of White Winged Doves that have taken over I don't even get the Blackbirds, Jays, Wrens, & Sparrows anymore. Has anyone tried hanging those moth balls from the tomato cages? Does it dissuade the birds? Does it affect (adversely) the tomatoes themselves? Anyone else having a lot of trouble this year too? -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) How large are your plants? wws |
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Will moth balls work with tomatoes?
About 3 feet in cages.
-- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) "wws" wrote in message ... "Wayfarer" wrote in message gy.com... Ok even a full bird feeder isn't working this year - at least well enough! And I can not afford to spend the $10 a week on feeding them. They are going after even the slightly orange tomatoes and it is such a huge flock of White Winged Doves that have taken over I don't even get the Blackbirds, Jays, Wrens, & Sparrows anymore. Has anyone tried hanging those moth balls from the tomato cages? Does it dissuade the birds? Does it affect (adversely) the tomatoes themselves? Anyone else having a lot of trouble this year too? -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) How large are your plants? wws |
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Will moth balls work with tomatoes?
Just an idea.I would take my compost cage apart an make a tent for the
tomatoes. 4'x12'-1/2" hardware cloth.Can always put it back together,just wire. "Wayfarer" wrote in message . .. About 3 feet in cages. -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) "wws" wrote in message ... "Wayfarer" wrote in message gy.com... Ok even a full bird feeder isn't working this year - at least well enough! And I can not afford to spend the $10 a week on feeding them. They are going after even the slightly orange tomatoes and it is such a huge flock of White Winged Doves that have taken over I don't even get the Blackbirds, Jays, Wrens, & Sparrows anymore. Has anyone tried hanging those moth balls from the tomato cages? Does it dissuade the birds? Does it affect (adversely) the tomatoes themselves? Anyone else having a lot of trouble this year too? -- Marta (if you email me directly you need to remove the X ) How large are your plants? wws |
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Will moth balls work with tomatoes?
On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 02:46:27 GMT, "Wayfarer"
wrote: Ok even a full bird feeder isn't working this year - at least well enough! And I can not afford to spend the $10 a week on feeding them. They are going after even the slightly orange tomatoes and it is such a huge flock of White Winged Doves that have taken over I don't even get the Blackbirds, Jays, Wrens, & Sparrows anymore. Has anyone tried hanging those moth balls from the tomato cages? Does it dissuade the birds? Does it affect (adversely) the tomatoes themselves? Anyone else having a lot of trouble this year too? For the price of a couple of weeks birdseed, you could buy a lot of plastic birdnet and some bamboo poles to string it on. If you are into fancy, use EMT or PVC to build a rectangle to which you wire/lace the birdnet. 5 rectangles and you have a cage that is easy to move for harvest or cultivation but should keep the little beggars out. |
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Will moth balls work with tomatoes?
In article om,
"Wayfarer" wrote: Ok even a full bird feeder isn't working this year - at least well enough! And I can not afford to spend the $10 a week on feeding them. They are going after even the slightly orange tomatoes and it is such a huge flock of White Winged Doves that have taken over I don't even get the Blackbirds, Jays, Wrens, & Sparrows anymore. Has anyone tried hanging those moth balls from the tomato cages? Does it dissuade the birds? Does it affect (adversely) the tomatoes themselves? Anyone else having a lot of trouble this year too? -- Marta The easiest solution is to enclose the fruiting truss in a nylon stocking. The birds cannot peck through the stocking. This advice is found on the aggie web site see answer 13 at: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/p...s/tomato.html. I do nothing and have had minor to no loss of tomatoes (on one occasion I saw a bird attack a tomato) but the birds clean me out on figs as I mentioned in another thread. Roland |
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