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Birds attacking onions
Sam Patamia
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How can I stop birds digging up my onions without completely covering them as the area is too big to do that practically?
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Thanks Phillipa, I guess I will have to create something
I read somewhere recently that the advice now when planting onion sets is to completely bury them, as opposed to previous thinking of having the top exposed. By burying them, just below the surface, the roots have a chance to develop and anchor the onions before the birds can try to pull them up.
hi sam patimia as a grower of a lot of onions the ideas from above are good but my way lower down I have a good many steel pins about 4ft I put black cotton criss crossed but on top of pins I put string with hazard tape fluttering about . a few that are on ends do sometimes get pulled but a little way when the sets are in I use affine sieve and scatter compost over them and any small gaps missed it fills in a bit of a faff on but I have time .. ( I might add I am going to try some in modules this year though) hope it helps Michael