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Heavier white netting on
loganberry bushes. |
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Lighter black netting over strawberry
plants.
The frame is made out of
19 mm irrigation piping. |
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Many fruit trees and most berry bushes (blackberries,
currents, loganberries raspberries, strawberry plants etc...)
will have to be covered with nets to protect them from birds as the
fruit ripens. There are basically two types of bird netting
available in Australia - a heavier woven white netting and a lighter
black nylon netting. I personally believe that the white
netting is the better of the two as it -
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A. Is heavier, so it
doesn't blow around
in the wind.
B. Tears less easily than the black netting.
C. Deters birds more effectively - for some
reason birds seem very reluctant to get
under the white netting while if there is
even a small gap in the black netting
they readily go through.
D. It is cheaper than the black netting. |
The only
advantage of the black netting is that it is less visible. The
white netting looks like a garden version of Alcatraz. For
that reason I use both types of netting in our garden.
When putting netting over fruit trees there is no need to completely
seal off everything. Even if birds can get in at some points
they are usually reluctant to do so as it makes them easy targets
for cats as they cannot escape quickly. However if you can
completely seal off smaller plants (such as strawberries) it is
better to do so.
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