It might be worth leaving it up just until the blossom bursts. The sparrows don't touch the buds until they're beginning to swell so you probably could get away with netting for a shorter time.
It seems too late for this year. Which is a bastard. Cos I thought I was getting ahead of the game by checking it out in Dec. I wouldn't take the tree out until summer, if at all. I guess I could try netting this week coming and see if any blossom comes of it.
I do like the tree as a shield to next door - a flat hedge.
When I had apple trees, the sparrows never touched them, and we have loads of them here. The bullfinches didn't touch them either, although they aren't in the garden very often. I wonder if it could be pigeons, although they never touched the buds either, so I don't know if they actually go for them.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I wonder if it could be pigeons, although they never touched the buds either, so I don't know if they actually go for them.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They regrew though, but that was just leafy growth rather than fruit buds.