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Chris starts with ... These Yellow Crested Cuckatoos are driving me crazy, they pick all the fruit on my lemon, lemonade and lime trees, and almost demolished the trees,they also chewed my Dragon Fruit plants to ground level.Though I managed to save 3 very small pieces of the Dragon Fruit which did start to grow lovely but, then came the icy frosts and sent them to what appears to their death. I replanted them under a tree and will wait to see if Spring revives them. Please, can anyone help me to keep these cockies away. I have tried netting and bagging and now will try tying CD's all over what little I have left of the Lemon Lemonade and Lime trees. I don't want to try expensive alternatives just a simple method that is friendly to the trees and the enviroment. Any good suggestions would be greatly appreciated | About the Author 31st August 2007 11:04pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Jason says... There are two methods I would try. 1. Put a life like plastic snake in one or two of your trees. That might deter them or 2. This has worked for me. Just before my fruit ripen/turn I put two or three plastic fruit in the tree and the Cockatoos or other fine fruit tasting animals attack those. When they realise that the plastic fruit tastes terrible they leave the real fruit alone when it ripens. Hope this helps | About the Author Winmalee 4th September 2007 10:47am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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The poster formerly known as... says... I have a colony of a few hundred about 300m down the hill. They pick many of the passionfruit off the vine green, but it usually still produces more than enough to go around and around and around. As long as I grow the passionfruit up a tall tree, they concentrate on those and don't come lower to the ground where my ratting dogs will chase them. Koalas may taste a bit odd, but all that Eucalypt is great for colds and arthritis. Perfect winter meat :) | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Keperra 15th May 2015 3:50pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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