How to protect strawberries from birds

Does your sweet strawberry chose the birds and you tired of driving them? Sades are beyond the alarm and assure that the number of feathered in garden areas has increased significantly. In our article we share useful and effective ways, how to protect the red berry from birds.

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Mastery traps and bending

Strawberry can be chosen by the tit, pigeons, starlets and crows. If the birds do not drive in time, they can eat a significant fraction of the harvest, damage berries and seedlings. Sades go to different tricks in order to remove the feathers on time. The most popular and effective are:

scarecrow - old and working method. You can make it possible from old things, in the form of the scarecrow should remind a person. Be sure to put him on his hat that it is recommended to tie the New Year's tinsel or film from the bobble cassettes. The sleeves should be free to be at the time of the wind blow, the effect of hands movement. The worse and the volume will be scarecrow, the likelihood that birds will fly through your site will increase;
using old disks - If you have accumulated a DVD or CD archive, we advise you to proceed to make them. Discs can be decorated with the nearest tree that grows near strawberries or fix them on long sticks, arrange them in a summer cottage in chaotic order. Such a self-made device will help scare even raven. The bright, overflowing light, emitted from the disks will not allow the feathered to your crop;
grids from birds - a grid is sold in specialized agricultural stores, it must be stretched over strawberries and fix with a peg. For convenience, many dackets build a similar design of such a height so that it is convenient to go and care for the plant. The grid can be purchased any length and width;
i scare sound - birds are afraid of extraneous noise, so you can hang bells on the summer site or make homemade ratchets (this method is effective only in windy weather, and the birds have a property to get used to the sound, if hear it daily);
homemade windy mills - such devices can be made of plastic bottles or buy bright turntables in the children's toy store, place the perimeter of the site;
let's scare color - experienced dachas came to the conclusion that the sections on which the clothing of bright colors will be dried (for example, bed linen or terry towel), birds are practically visited. Just threshing on clothes ropes bright sheets and about your portion of birds will definitely forget;
laying onions on the strawberry area - Pernaya will never arrive at the site if they hear the specific smell of the repfate onion. Just cut 5-6 bulbs and distribute it in the area. The main thing is to ensure that the vegetable is always fresh.
cat is a pet - a pet will help keep strawberry harvest. It is not necessary to teach this oatsoy friend, the bird hunt is laid at the genetic level. He will always be guarded by the protection of sweet berries;
make a trough - so that the birds do not "mow" on your summer harvest, arrange a separate "kitchen". The main thing is to replenish the food reserves daily.

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Electronic repellers from birds

One of the most effective ways to fight feathers in the country area is the use of electronic repellers. If you are a real master, then such a device can be made yourself. Also, they can also be purchased in specialized stores:

sound repelters - turn on the record of screaming cries or hawks (sounds can be easily found on the Internet or buy a special entry), and the sound of shots from the gun is also suitable;
screitors with ultrasound - are good because the person cannot hear them and you calmly enjoy silence, but the device will create discomfort to the birds;
loover - the device publishes a loud sound by the type of shot (but is located next to such a gun during a shot dangerous, as it can harm the hearing membranes).