birds are eating my petunias
Chris Masci
I live in NYC and I have terrace garden and I have noticed in the past
week or so little bites out of my wave petunias, then today I saw the
culpprit a little sparrow. Does anyone have any advice on what to do , I
have spent so much time and money making my garden beautiful,any advice
would be greatly appreciated.
christopher
Marion Margoshes
Kirk Mueller
In article <6lpsgv$rra$1...@newsd-103.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,
chri...@webtv.net (Chris Masci) wrote:
> I live in NYC and I have terrace garden and I have noticed in the past
> week or so little bites out of my wave petunias, then today I saw the
> culpprit a little sparrow. Does anyone have any advice on what to do , I
> have spent so much time and money making my garden beautiful,any advice
> would be greatly appreciated.
I have problems with slugs and snails eating my Petunias. Birds?
Perhaps they're just catching some small insects in and around your
Petunias. There's not too many suburban birds that eat plants.
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>> I live in NYC and I have terrace garden and I have noticed in the past
>> week or so little bites out of my wave petunias, then today I saw the
>> culpprit a little sparrow. Does anyone have any advice on what to do , I
>> have spent so much time and money making my garden beautiful,any advice
>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>
Eek, no -- UNLESS you've already got all the birds in NYC on your
terrace! If you put out birdseed, you'll only attract more birds and
suffer worse damage to your plants, plus your terrace will get covered
with feathers and birdpoop. (Believe me, I speak from experience. :( )
Cindy Williamson
Hi,
I finally gave up on Petunias for this reason. But I've read that if you
get the nylon mesh advertised as keeping birds off trees, then make a
canopy for the petunias of this it will protect the petunias until the
sparrows get the message. Since yours is a terrace garden, perhaps you
could attach the mesh to some sticks that are anchored in other pots. In
my garden, which is huge and why I didn't try the above method, it was a
problem only in early summer and by mid to late summer, the sparrows found
something else to eat (or had there fill of my petunias). Anyway - good
luck!
Cindy W.
Wendy B G
Get a cat.
Wendy
Marion Margoshes
Wendy B G wrote:
> Get a cat.
> Wendy
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HAH!!! Where has she been?
Marion Margoshes
Cindy Williamson wrote:
My wave petunias are being eaten, but not by birds. My garden is full of
birds, since I feed them. Here in New York, We are having record setting wet
weather, so I am blaming the slugs, since I don't see any other insects
around. mbmpanix.com
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In article <35870DB1...@panix.com>,
Marion Margoshes <m...@panix.com> wrote:
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>I bought my Wave petunias at Home Depot, very inexpensively. I bought many,
>because of the descripion here, I was hoping to use them as a colorful ground
>cover. Those in a sunny area seem to be fine, but those under my magnolia tree
>are shredded. In New York (Long Island) we are floating away. The slugs are two
>inches and more, long and fat. If the rain stops tomorrow, I will try to diagnose
>further. m...@panix.com
Well, lucky you. ;) The HD I went to had only Purple Wave and I wanted
pink so I had to get them at a pricey garden center. (And they're a
very purplish pink, which I don't really like either.) FWIW, mine are
in full sun and far from any slug. And all the cheapo petunias all
around them are doing wonderfully, knock on wood. Go figure.
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David Hill
> I've tried alsorts ive evenput green netting over them but had enough I want to look at the buetiful bloom so taking it all off tomorrow sod it! !! Ran out of ideas
>
spring we had problems with birds pecking theflowers of the poyanthus so
we used to push in pegs about 9 inches long into the ground so that
about 5 inches was left sticking up then we would weave an iregular
pattern with black cotton, it stoped the birds being able to walk
amongst the plants pecking at random at the flowers. It didn't show
amongst the plants but did work well.
David E. Ross
compact discs that I no longer wanted, drilled a small hole near the
edge of each, and hung them with kite twine in selected places. Even
the slightest breeze makes them turn. With the sun shining -- even hazy
sun on a partially overcast day -- they flash and scare the birds away.
A compact disc will last 2-3 seasons beform the reflective coating
begins to deteriorate. For fruit, I hang them just before the fruit is
ripe; otherwise, the birds might get used to them.
By the way, are you really sure the birds are eating your petunias? Is
it possible that the birds are eating the insects that are eating your
plants? I know that some birds will eat the new leaves of ranunculus,
so I am not saying you are wrong. I am merely suggesting that you
examine your situation more carefully.
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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
<http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html>
Gardening diary at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary>