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    Sowing lettuce seeds, are they safe?

    Hello clever peeps,
    I have just sown some lettuce seeds, please can anyone tell me if they will be safe under this make shift protection from birds? My mum thinks the holes might be too big. Thanks, Hx


    I can't work out how to make that smaller sorry! Hx
    "Hmm, that doesn't make much sense to me. But then, you are very small... I always liked going south. Somehow feels like going downhill."
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    I've never lost lettuce to birds, but slugs on the other hand......
    Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.

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    • #3
      Birds don't eat lettuce.
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        Only problem I've had from birds and that's when one dug in around in a container of carrot seeds, it must have been looking for worms.
        Location....East Midlands.

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          Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
          Only problem I've had from birds and that's when one dug in around in a container of carrot seeds, it must have been looking for worms.
          Oh that's not fair... You need a sign, 'No worms here'... Did the carrots survive?


          I have a book you see and it says always cover seeds to protect from birds.
          Please can you tell me what does need protecting? Thanks Hx
          "Hmm, that doesn't make much sense to me. But then, you are very small... I always liked going south. Somehow feels like going downhill."

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            I was a bit done because I'd spent ages spacing the seeds out so I wouldn't have to thin them too much, never mind least some of them have started to grow. This week I'm doing more seed so I'll be covering those with some netting.
            Location....East Midlands.

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              Oh that is frustrating. Let me know how they do?
              "Hmm, that doesn't make much sense to me. But then, you are very small... I always liked going south. Somehow feels like going downhill."

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              • #8
                Originally posted by helanuels View Post
                I have a book you see and it says always cover seeds to protect from birds.
                Please can you tell me what does need protecting?
                Blackbirds will rummage in open ground for worms, and thereby disturb seeds - but they don't eat any veg.

                Sparrows will eat pea & beetroot foliage in early spring (they like spring greens!)

                Pigeons will eat brassicas: these need netting from the get-go
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                • #9
                  Thanks very much Two Sheds. Sorry to be annoying but what are brassicas again?
                  "Hmm, that doesn't make much sense to me. But then, you are very small... I always liked going south. Somehow feels like going downhill."

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                    Brassica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

                    Includes sprouts, swedes, turnips, mizuna, radish. Pidgin magnet.

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                      Thanks! I was spelling it wrong when I tried Wikipedia
                      "Hmm, that doesn't make much sense to me. But then, you are very small... I always liked going south. Somehow feels like going downhill."

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