2007-06-14 12:14:25 · 22 answers · asked by Smart Alec 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Get a bird feeder and fill it with seeds..
They'll eat that instead of your cherrries
2007-06-14 12:17:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I asked my great grandma the same question a few years ago because the birds were eating my cherries before I could...she was an old rancher-farmer and her immediate response was you shot one bird and hang it up in the tree; when the other birds come they will be so busy mourning the dead bird that you get your bucket and pick like heck! We also started using old Cd's and hanging them from the tree branches; the birds don't like the bright reflecting glare.
2007-06-14 13:13:37 · answer #2 · answered by katship 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a net over it. You can buy nets for cherry trees from catalogues, or you can just buy some 'nylon netting' from a fabric store and 'sew it' into a piece big enough to fit 'around' the leaves and cherries ... just use 'fishing line' and 'string it through both sides' of the net, rather than really sewing it. I've grown cherries myself, and a net was the ONLY way I kept 'all of the cherries' for my harvest. Your best 'other alternative' is to buy your fresh cherries, and enjoy your 'bird sanctuary and restaurant tree' ...
2007-06-14 12:31:58 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use aluminum pie plates. the kind that you buy the pre made crust in at the store. you can also use plastic plates... just tie them to the tree or if you tree is not tall yet you can tie them to a poles around the tree. these will move around in the wind and make a lot of noise... realy it works. if all else fails just take a rubber snake like the ones you buy in a toy stor that look real and put those in the tree. the birds will see them and stay away.. far away. last but not least you can use a fake owl the same way.
2007-06-14 12:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Home Depot or some such store and buy bird netting. I had to get that for my plum tree. You will need help and a couple of ladders. Put the netting over the tree and the birds can't reach the fruit.
2007-06-14 12:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by kingsley 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a BB gun and shoot the birds away or kill them and the birds will learn not to eat the cherries or you could put poison in the cherries and all of the birds in your area would die but again those ideas are illegal.
2007-06-14 12:19:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm serious when I say this. You'll have to use a big net. I had neighbors in Michigan who had the best black cherries. They would have to put a big net over their trees (they had a bunch) to keep the birds out.
2007-06-14 12:17:07 · answer #7 · answered by madbaldscotsman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can get cheap netting to put over it. It won't harm the tree, but birds can't get through. That's what cherry farmers do.
2007-06-14 12:17:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the tree is small enough, cover it w/plastic netting. That's what we do. You can try hanging out foil pie plates or buy plastic owls to hang in the tree to scare them. My neighbors do that with larger trees. They must work because I see them use them every year.
2016-05-20 22:22:53 · answer #9 · answered by madie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm...not too sure..maybe put a wire over your tree or purchase a specific cloth you can get in a gardening area at a store that will keep bugs, animals, or birds off of it...that's all ive got...sry
2007-06-14 12:17:35 · answer #10 · answered by desiladki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aww leave the poor birdies alone! Let em have the cherrys!
2007-06-14 12:18:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋