How do you keep birds from eating your tomatoes?

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  • Lavonne Lavonne on Jul 17, 2017

    You can get bird netting at the home improvement store.

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    • Lavonne Lavonne on Jul 18, 2017

      Bummer! There are other things you can try. Aluminum pans that rattle when they land on the branches. Irish Spring soap bars hung on the branches. You can also mix up dish soap and water and spray on the trees. It won't taste good to the birds. An old-fashioned scare crow might work. Or you can get rubber snakes. or blow up owls. Birds avoid snakes and owls.

  • Ski10284712 Ski10284712 on Jul 18, 2017

    You can hang up foil pie pans the throw away kind. They keep birds away. Can be bought at any dollar store .

  • Patty Patty on Jul 18, 2017

    netting.

  • Debra Debra on Jul 18, 2017

    They maybe in them for the worms?

    Maybe giving them a feeder if there own ? Understanding the commitment feeding birds along with is just one more chore. haha

    I would try that also? Churp churp

  • Pinkphotojen Pinkphotojen on Jul 18, 2017

    I back up to open space that is full of wild animals. Due to the drought here in CA it has forced the animals into my garden in an unprecedented way. The birds and ground squirrels eat everything including the bushes! I built a cage for my raised garden boxes from PVC pipe & deer netting. It has helped a lot although I'm going to have to redesign the cages so they can be lifted off for harvesting, I had created them for the short term that the plants needed to grow but the critters still eat everything so the netting is still in place.


    It is my understanding (and partial experience) that bird feeders attract rats. My parents had a horrible rat problem and they had quite a few bird feeders. After dealing with the rat problem at their house I wouldn't risk bird feeders at mine. The rat mess was beyond horrible.