fatbuds420
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what can i do to avoid this? it's only a problem for the first week when the seedling is small, after that they don't do it
Birds digging up and killing seedlings
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Maybe cut the bottoms off and peel labels off of clear 2 liter plastic soda pop bottles and put mini greenhouse dome over each?
Grab a roll of chicken wire or hardware cloth from the local home improvement store. Make a cage.
This way airflow and light are still good, but critters can't get to it. Make it big enough to leave on for a couple weeks. If other critters (squirrels, rabbits, etc) are a possibility, roll some of the chicken wire or hardware cloth into a cylinder just big enough to go around the outside.
This way airflow and light are still good, but critters can't get to it. Make it big enough to leave on for a couple weeks. If other critters (squirrels, rabbits, etc) are a possibility, roll some of the chicken wire or hardware cloth into a cylinder just big enough to go around the outside.
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fatbuds420
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won't this suffocate the plant?
I have read of a lot of gardeners using that trick in the early spring. But once the temperatures get summer time high it could cook them even if the cap is kept off.
The first thing that occurred to me was the chicken-wire solution that @multiVortex mentions. Chicken wire would keep the birds off. Hardware cloth costs a whole lot more but also works well against small mammals like mice and moles and voles and young juvenile squirrels and rabbit that can fit through the holes in larger mesh chicken wire.
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fatbuds420
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wait, why would the bottle help against "cooking them"?
Not sure what you are getting at.wait, why would the bottle help against "cooking them"?
I mentioned that once the temperatures get hot a plastic bottle over the plant, even with the cap off, would start to cook the plants. The bottle traps the hot air.
But, it should work in the very early spring when the soil and air are still cold.
Remay cloth is another option- easy to apply and reusable.
I’ve drilled holes in the edges of some old cds and hung them up around the garden using fishing line. They twirl around and flash in the light- it’s worked to keep the robins off my strawberries and currants for the last week or so.
I’ve drilled holes in the edges of some old cds and hung them up around the garden using fishing line. They twirl around and flash in the light- it’s worked to keep the robins off my strawberries and currants for the last week or so.
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fatbuds420
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so this is what i did, took a plastic bottle, cut the bottom off, and made many many holes for air, could this work?
As long as it doesn’t get too hot and sunny and cook the plant.
