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About the Author Tommoz Dural 10th December 2012 4:10pm #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MaryT Sydney 10th December 2012 5:04pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Cairns 11th December 2012 3:45pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... Sounds like those Cockatoos are mates of the Brush Turkeys around my way - deterents don't work, throw things at them, they dissappear for a short time but come back, chase them off and the minute you've turned your back they're strutting back behind you. Thinking of getting a sling shot! | About the Author VF Wongawallan 11th December 2012 5:25pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
Mike says... VF some people I work with have a devil of a time with the scrub turkeys rotary hoeing their yards.Cockatoos are very persistent and hang around in big flocks.It is amazing how quiet a whole flock is when 'doing the deed' but go on a squawkathon for the rest of the time. The cockatoos are also still laughing about the tinsel and dics I tried hanging.They enjoyed the decor while dining. | About the Author Cairns 11th December 2012 8:57pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
ivepeters says... VF I have been using a slingshot for the last couple of years to secure my pecans. Must say that it does work. I use palm tree seeds, I don't hit them. Its amazing how fast a half dozen can decimate the nuts while also pruning branches to reach others. Must warn you , they are clever. They will get to your tree earlier and earlier just to avoid you. | About the Author ivepeters brisbane 11th December 2012 9:42pm #UserID: 6741 Posts: 527 View All ivepeters's Edible Fruit Trees |
amanda says... The whole of the small orchard in our new home here is covered by a bird net...after seeing what the 28's got up to today with my tomatoes I can see why now....it's going to be a painful relationship without netting - and the smaller birds even managed to find some tears in the netting and polished off the ripe mulberries too.. :-( | About the Author amanda19 Leschenault (160kms south of Perth) 11th December 2012 10:48pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
VF says... Mike, I'm lucky (so far) with the white cockatoos in that I'm only on their flight path when they're migrating, and my fruit trees are too small yet to have caught their attention. The blacks, (yellow-tailed and glossy), hang around but stick to the casuarinas. The crows can be abit devious though. Thanks for the tip ivepeters. My husband has informed me that he has one somewhere that he used to use to scare off the swooping plovers. Just got to find it now. BTW, how do pecans grow in Brissie? I've not considered them before as I thought it may be too humid. Amanda, I commiserate with you- have lost entire crop of Youngberries and Loganberries (and heaps of cherry tomatoes) to the gobbling feathered fiends! They seem to have lost their appetite for bush-tucker, and have developed a champagne taste. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 12th December 2012 8:42am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
BJ says... I've posted this before, but I'll post agian. There is a flock of at least 200 white cockatoos under 1km from my house. My best results have been achieved with sacrificial cropping. Cockatoos like to stay high in tall trees, especially when there are bird chasing ratting dogs about. My crops of choice are Passionfruit grown up an old crepe myrtle and inga sp (ice cream beans). The cockatoos go straight for these two and leave the otehrs closer to the ground alone unless they are really hungry and want to be harrassed by my shipperkes. These two crops have fruit and flowers for most of the year and minimise other crop losses. I quite enjoy sitting on the verandah watching the cockatoos jostling over passionfruit. The pigeon peas keep the king parrots happy. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 12th December 2012 9:18am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author lenn 12th December 2012 9:52am #UserID: 7412 Posts: 36 View All lenn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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ivepeters says... VF. I have a Mayan, had it 10yrs now, 8 of which in the ground. About 3m tall. Crops well each year, get nearly a shopping bag full of nuts. Most are full others have small amount of meat in them. Good considering I leave it to its own devices. ( except for bird watch ) Would do better with another type. Nuts have started to form now. | About the Author ivepeters brisbane 12th December 2012 12:17pm #UserID: 6741 Posts: 527 View All ivepeters's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author VF Wongawallan 13th December 2012 11:21am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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