Protecting Brassicas

ThePragmatist · « **on:** March 04, 2013, 08:51 »

Hi,

I started off some Brassicas last year and quickly discovered the joy the pigeons take in eating them.

I am trying to be more organised this year, so I am starting to think about how best to protect them.

I'm guessing a cage/net is the way to go but I am open to other more ingenious suggestions. I don't have a falcon though, so that option is out.

Cheers!

pdblake · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2013, 08:56 »

Nets work. You don't really need anything else. I just drape enviromesh over them, don't even need a frame, just something to weigh it down.

mumofstig · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:31 »

netting on pipe hoops is popular

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=59123.msg691492#msg691492

compostqueen · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:33 »

I do Enviromesh too. Make sure it's weighed down properly as you can't afford to have it blow away. If it gets damaged and holed then the insects will get in

I just drape it over the plants and allow for growing room, well held down with bottles of water or lengths of wood etc.

ThePragmatist · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2013, 09:45 »

Cheers! The blue pipe looks amazing. That will get some funny looks on the plot.

pdblake · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:38 »

I've just done some small tunnels like that for the early carrots, but I'd not thought of crossing them over for a square bed like that. I don't normally, but I had a few odd lengths left from making a polytunnel(ish) frame.

compostqueen · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:44 »

I can't be bothered with the hoops. The crops just push up the mesh as they grow

sowitgrowit · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:51 »

I go for bottles on sticks, weighed down with wooden stakes at the edges.

The only problem came this winter with the snow; it snapped some of the canes. Lesson learned - I will use stronger supports if I go down this route again. The sticks were Poundland 20 for �1 canes though - some were very weak.

The Golden Heap · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2013, 18:55 »

A said netting, any gap left the pigeons find it, debris netting is cost effective, I have found netting at garden centres off the roll relatively cheap at times. Pigeons drove me up the wall last year

Wiltshire Worms · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2013, 19:05 »

twice a year me and mrs worm have words.....once sorting out Christmas lights and once doing the blooming netting over the sprouts!!!

The Golden Heap · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2013, 19:13 »

Quote from: Wiltshire Worms on March 04, 2013, 19:05

twice a year me and mrs worm have words.....once sorting out Christmas lights and once doing the blooming netting over the sprouts!!!

Love it!

Totty · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2013, 22:20 »

Pigeon pie

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