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Post by Louise on Feb 28, 2011 7:38:13 GMT
I can't remember in which section i was lamenting my Lonicera 'Copper Beauty' but the gist of it was, its large leaves were being stripped perfectly cleanly away from the stems, and some getting scattered across the garden ..... meaning it was forever being 'pruned' and its growth was non existent  I presumed it to be birds using it for nests so i thought i'd try the old hanging CD method and it worked  Loop string/twine through the CD and hang it from the obelisk, in this case, and the hanging, circular, spinning, shiny disk seems to keep the birds away ! I've not had a single leaf stripped in a week and the new growth, aswell as the older leaves, are finally getting a chance to grow and stay put. I hope this continues to work. The obelisk doesn't look particularly attractivee with CDs hanging from it but it's worth putting up with the ugliness if the leaves have a chance to grow. |
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Post by Lou78W on Feb 28, 2011 8:05:27 GMT
Thats good news Louise ;D I've used cd's, with good effect, down at the lottie ;D
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Post by Louise on Feb 28, 2011 8:08:27 GMT
I've seen it done many times and thought it was worth a try, and so far so good ........
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Post by Cherry on Feb 28, 2011 8:08:45 GMT
I might just try this on the Camellia Donation which always gets eaten by the deer.
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Post by grindle on Feb 28, 2011 8:10:42 GMT
a nice cheap and effective use for them ;D
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Feb 28, 2011 15:06:38 GMT
I might just try this on the Camellia Donation which always gets eaten by the deer. I found CDs worked with birds but not deer or squirrels  |
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 6, 2011 17:14:00 GMT
I might just try this on the Camellia Donation which always gets eaten by the deer. but not deer or squirrels Appears to work well for ostriches and penguins as I've not seen any since trying it. |
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Post by Cherry on Mar 6, 2011 17:18:35 GMT
You are on top form Sweetpea.  I thought the Bird Scarers referred to the gas type. They are switched to automatic, but this is not always reliable, and sometimes the farmer has to go out to the village to switch the scarer off. |
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 6, 2011 17:22:16 GMT
I prefer to encourage the birds and If they cause any damage then protect the crop with netting or similar.
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Post by merlin on Apr 14, 2011 6:17:57 GMT
I agree SP, nothing wrong with birds and fish-netting is very effective. In fact I've always liked the combination   |
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Post by steve on Apr 14, 2011 6:31:07 GMT
I might just try this on the Camellia Donation which always gets eaten by the deer. I found CDs worked with birds but not deer or squirrels Seem to work better if they are by Des O'Connor |
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Post by Louise on Apr 14, 2011 7:26:23 GMT
I prefer to encourage the birds and If they cause any damage then protect the crop with netting or similar. I don't like the idea of netting though, birds feet getting tangled etc. i'd rather train them to stay in specific areas - which seems to work. The birds are still all over the front garden, they just no longer go near that particular obelisk ! |
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Post by floydie on Apr 14, 2011 11:37:27 GMT
The CD's also seam to work for cat's (well the pain we had visiting hasnt been back to that area since i hung one on the fence).
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Post by Rosie on Apr 14, 2011 11:38:22 GMT
I found CDs worked with birds but not deer or squirrels Seem to work better if they are by Des O'Connor I was gonna say that but with Val Doonican ;D ;D |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 14, 2011 18:17:35 GMT
I found CDs worked with birds but not deer or squirrels Seem to work better if they are by Des O'Connor I didn't think about playing them, I reckon Des O'Connor would work with anything that could hear ;D |
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I thought the Bird Scarers referred to the gas type. They are switched to automatic, but this is not always reliable, and sometimes the farmer has to go out to the village to switch the scarer off.
