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Thanks all.
My strawberries are OK - I'm growing them in growbags on a table and a shopping trolley, so they're all off ground and covered with debris netting that I can duck under to pick the fruit.
Most of the raspberries are in the debris netting covered GH frames - although the netting is getting holey and I've found birds and a squirrel in there recently.
Birds don't see too interested in gooseberries.
The main problem this year has been woodpigeons, flying down onto the bushes and snapping the branches. The ground is littered with unripe jostaberries and red currants.
Also, the blackbirds fly into the bushes and eat their fill.
I'm thinking of growing some jostaberries and various currants from cuttings and growing them to maturity in 30 litre planters with handles (bought to grow spuds in).
I'm hoping that I'll be able to move the planters under cover/netting once they start fruiting - especially if I keep on top of the pruning while they grow.
My 2nd line of defence will be to bag individual fruit trusses which will, at least catch the fruit that is been knocked off by the flying pests.
My strawberries are OK - I'm growing them in growbags on a table and a shopping trolley, so they're all off ground and covered with debris netting that I can duck under to pick the fruit.
Most of the raspberries are in the debris netting covered GH frames - although the netting is getting holey and I've found birds and a squirrel in there recently.
Birds don't see too interested in gooseberries.
The main problem this year has been woodpigeons, flying down onto the bushes and snapping the branches. The ground is littered with unripe jostaberries and red currants.
Also, the blackbirds fly into the bushes and eat their fill.
I'm thinking of growing some jostaberries and various currants from cuttings and growing them to maturity in 30 litre planters with handles (bought to grow spuds in).
I'm hoping that I'll be able to move the planters under cover/netting once they start fruiting - especially if I keep on top of the pruning while they grow.
My 2nd line of defence will be to bag individual fruit trusses which will, at least catch the fruit that is been knocked off by the flying pests.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.