Red Christmas Tree Balls?

GoDawgs · July 14, 2020

I was telling a friend about the birds pecking almost-ripe tomatoes and she said she had heard that hanging red Christmas balls above the tomato clusters would help. Theoretically the birds peck the balls and after finding they're fake they just dismiss the idea of pecking red tomatoes.

She also said that she was told by somebody else that the technique works best when the balls are hung early in the season before anything ripens so that the birds learn early on that red round things aren't edible.

Has anyone heard of this or tried it?

July 14, 2020	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Red Christmas Tree Balls? I was telling a friend about the birds pecking almost-ripe tomatoes and she said she had heard that hanging red Christmas balls above the tomato clusters would help. Theoretically the birds peck the balls and after finding they're fake they just dismiss the idea of pecking red tomatoes. She also said that she was told by somebody else that the technique works best when the balls are hung early in the season before anything ripens so that the birds learn early on that red round things aren't edible. Has anyone heard of this or tried it?