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You might try one other thing. Hang old CDs from some of the limbs. When
the wind blows them it keeps our "wimpy" birds away. The only problem is that you may have to untangle them regularly. Dwayne "Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in message ... The message from Rod contains these words: Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson wrote: I apologise if this comes up twice but I sent a mail and it seems to have disappeared. I am thinking of planting a cherry tree but wondered whether any cherries are so likely to be stripped by birds that there is little point. We've got Stella and another variety whose name I've forgotten both on Colt and after over 20yrs they are still small enough to fit in a specially made high fruit cage. The bad news is we're having to fortify the cage because the birds will get through just about anything if there's ripening cherries the other side. As for Dwayne's wimpy merkin birds that don't care for unripe cherries - well ours are made of sterner stuff - just the first flush of yellow and they're down a blackbird's (or jay's neck). It was years before we realised Stella was supposed to be red. I have no experience of newer stocks but they should be small enough to cage relatively easily. I would forget cherries as a fruit crop if you can't cage them, but don't let that put you off growing them: they will hold their own with the best ornamental varieties, the trees will stay compact and the roots won't overrun the garden (if they *are* an dwarfing stocks) -- Thanks for this and all the other helpful replies. It had occurred to me that just to have one for bird food might not be a bad idea - and if we attracted a jay or two (not at all common round here) that would be reward enough. Janet G. |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:33:20 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote: Being the only one in step makes it harder to extract the pith from your posts.... :-) -- Martin |
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"........Being the only one in step makes it harder to extract the pith
from your posts........." Reminds me of the story of "The kings new cloths" -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk ***2004 catalogue now available*** |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:43:11 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote: Being the only one in step makes it harder to extract the pith from your posts......... Reminds me of the story of "The kings new cloths" As it's Christmas, perhaps you'd like to retell it, David? -- Martin |
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from "David Hill" contains these words: "........Being the only one in step makes it harder to extract the pith from your posts........." Reminds me of the story of "The kings new cloths" What did he clean with them? -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
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"Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in
message ... I apologise if this comes up twice but I sent a mail and it seems to have disappeared. I am thinking of planting a cherry tree but wondered whether any cherries are so likely to be stripped by birds that there is little point. snip Replace 'likely' with 'certain' -- Tumbleweed Remove theobvious before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups) |
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In article , Tumbleweed
writes Replace 'likely' with 'certain' Almost certainly true. What we did with our Stella cherry in 2002 was to wait until the fruits were beginning to form up after flowering, then we hung CDs [must be AOL!] among the branches. We actually picked a reasonable crop of very nice cherries that year. In 2003, the tree flowered well but almost no fruits formed, so even the birds didn't get any. Now I am wondering if the AOL discs may have carried a virus? ;-) -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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"Tumbleweed" wrote in message . .. "Janet Galpin and Oliver Patterson" wrote in message ... I apologise if this comes up twice but I sent a mail and it seems to have disappeared. I am thinking of planting a cherry tree but wondered whether any cherries are so likely to be stripped by birds that there is little point. Yes. It is far more economical in time, money and temper to buy cherries at a supermarket, unless you specifically grow them for the delectation of the birds, as we did. Franz |
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