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    Went up the plot and all my Gooseberrys are gone....I know I didnt net them but...every one....gone.

    Now I have nothing to put in my pie.
    My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

  • #2
    Rubbish Blummin' birds! My blackcurrants are all disappearing just on the brink of being ripe. They don't seem so interested in the redcurrants though even though the bushes are right next to each other

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    • #3
      Hi NOG. Same thing happened up at my allotment. I don't particularly like gooseberries but I inherited 3 bushes. One bush was severely attacked a month ago and so I netted it with about 6 gooseberries left. In the meantime, they have completely stripped the other 2 bushes. Not a single berry left

      I am concerned that anything fruiting whilst my back is turned and there goes my harvest. I am going up tomorrow to protect my raspberries before those pesky blackbirds do.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by NOG View Post
        Went up the plot and all my Gooseberrys are gone....I know I didnt net them but...every one....gone.

        Now I have nothing to put in my pie.
        I know how you feel Nog..

        Birds stripped 3 of my 7...

        Gosgog bushes..

        I have netted the remaining bushes...

        Geo..

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        • #5
          Bother. I knew there was something I meant to do before I left for work.

          I shall be with you in the no pie department Nog.
          Bob Leponge
          Life's disappointments are so much harder to take if you don't know any swear words.

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          • #6
            They did you a favour ... gooseberries are horrible.

            (I got my blackcurrants netted a fortnight ago because I lost every one last year). They ripen just when all the baby birds have fledged ... so you can't blame them for helping themselves. What would you rather have? A dirty old worm or a nice ripe berry?
            Last edited by Two_Sheds; 23-06-2009, 05:33 AM.
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              Double bother. Currants too!!
              Bob Leponge
              Life's disappointments are so much harder to take if you don't know any swear words.

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              • #8
                Someone on our plot had all their gooseberries go overnight. It was someone with gardening gloves though! And they had to pass to allotments with gooseberries to get to theirs. One could feel it was personal!

                (Mine are in the garden at home.)
                Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                • #9
                  Netted my little raspberry bush the other day, just before birds could see them turning juicy red, wont have any goose gogs till next year. Felt guilty tho and went out and got them a treat, must be mad.
                  Last edited by Topcat36; 23-06-2009, 02:38 PM.

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                  • #10
                    I put a net over my strawberry plant that was in a in a planter on the patio only to se a squirrel lifting the net and going under to get the strawberies I now have the next fixed down with other planters hoping that will keep him out....can you believe the cheek!!

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                    • #11
                      Spoke too soon... Went to pick the redcurrants today and there was only unripe ones left Must invest in some netting for next year!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by SarzWix View Post
                        Spoke too soon... Went to pick the redcurrants today and there was only unripe ones left Must invest in some netting for next year!
                        I did wonder Sarz, birds usually attack red currants, white currants and gooseberries but leave the blackcurrants.
                        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                        Diversify & prosper


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                        • #13
                          Tempting providence here I know, and gloating a bit, I must admit, but I've already harvested the blackcurrants off one of my three different varieties and the others are coming along nicely. Same goes for my red, whitecurrants and goosegogs. Birds probably can't find them in among the weeds I guess!
                          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                          Diversify & prosper


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                          • #14
                            I went to pick my (few) redcurrants which are in the fruit cage, only to find that some varmit had already carefully picked them off! I assume it was mice - I don't think I can net against them :-)
                            Growing in the Garden of England

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                            • #15
                              I saw the scaffolders at a building site striking some towers...I asked if they had any that they didn't want and now have 4 sacks of connectors....an old type they cant use any more and 20 bits....3 -6 foot and 2 18 foot lengiths with a slight bend in them....a ruit cage in the making.
                              My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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