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Pink Lemonade Raspberries (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The plant is still small, but it's putting off a few here and there and man are they tasty. Looking forward to getting enough to actually do something next season

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I had some plants but more then because I never got to eat any : how to prevent animals and birds eating them?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Bird and/or deer netting. Thankfully birds haven't found our raspberry plant yet but they're not really ripe yet. We have a 6' fence around our garden to keep deer out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Grow a bunch, and get there before the birds do. A bird feeder might help too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Anecdotally, we've had some pretty solid results reducing losses to birds by placing reflective pinwheels around the garden. Like these: