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Post by Ken on Jun 11, 2020 9:14:34 GMT -6
A couple years ago my wife put some plants into a small planter box and it was mostly herbs. One was a strawberry plant. We saw a couple berries but then they would disappear and we assumed the birds got to them. Last year I noticed a spot near the pool where I put in some ivy as ground cover and I noticed something else in there... strawberries. Apparently the birds ate the berries and then pooped out the seeds in this spot. This year that area is being taken over by the berries. She put some netting over it to keep the birds out and it looks like we'll be seeing some homegrown strawberries this year...  Would you eat a strawberry from a seed that was planted by a bird's poop?  |
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Post by jimdkc on Jun 11, 2020 11:03:38 GMT -6
Don't know why not. We commonly eat things from the garden after having fertilized with steer manure.
I never had any luck growing strawberries. The birds usually got them and I ended up with 1 or 2 berries for my efforts.
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Post by poptop on Jun 11, 2020 13:34:29 GMT -6
Ken, that was a berry nice story  |
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Post by Ken on Jun 11, 2020 16:41:36 GMT -6
Ken, that was a berry nice story |
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Post by Hines on Jun 12, 2020 7:33:36 GMT -6
squirrels and rabbits have had their way with our strawberries this year. I'm letting two of the rabbits get nice and fat then I'm going to harvest them. I've never had yard rabbit!
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Post by Ken on Jun 16, 2020 20:42:29 GMT -6
So my wife put something together with some netting. She said she wanted to do it herself so I gave her some wooden stakes and a hammer and said "have at it". When I returned she had made a nice looking net structure that was open on the sides. She said that birds would absolutely NOT go under such a low net because they could get stuck under there. HA! About a day later most of the berries were gone. I told her it needed to be enclosed. I put a tall stake in the middle and surrounded that with six lower ones. I attached the netting to the top of the tall one and draped it over (and fastened it to) the smaller ones. Where the net made contact with the ground I used garden staples and made it very tight so there was no wiggle room. More berries are coming. |
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