Gardening > Pest ControlJune 19, 2009

Birds Eating Tomato Plants

Birds are eating our tomatoes before they ripen, we have net over the plants, but no help. Is there something else we can do?

Hardiness Zone: 9a

By banjeaux from Beaumont,TX

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06/20/2009

Are you sure the birds are eating the tomatoes? Could it be bugs and in the birds are coming in to eat the bugs, if it is the birds they may be going after the moisture in the tomatoes, put out several shallow bowls of water and see if that helps.
Or could it be rats.

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06/20/2009

You could try hanging toy rubber snakes on your plants. They help, but then you or someone else may forget they are there, and have a whole different set of problems!

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