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[materlvr]

[U][/We planted 8 heirloom tomato plants last March. We set uo a whirygig, reflecive tape, cd's tied to a sherpards crook. We even covered them with a clear cloth and the {{}{+}{ crows got them anyway. This year my plants are gone, but what can we do next year? Is there a poisen we can use on them? Im serious🍅🍅🍅🍅

Thank you😢😢😢

[bitterwort]

I personally find mechanical protection preferable to poisons for all kinds of reasons, so I tend to go that route whenever possible. I've seen people make small pens around their garden space, covered sides and on top with chicken wire. Have you considered something like that?

[materlvr]

Yes, we are considering building a greenhouse next year. We are so disappointed😢😢😢

[uzlaguzla]

shoot one and hang it on your fence.

[materlvr]

Originally Posted by uzlaguzla

shoot one and hang it on your fence.

🤩🤩🤩

[MrsJustice]

I am sending a lot of Love to you Materlvr.

I use the hottest peppers that need full body protection to save the seeds. It was even to me by Native Americans. Please find some Native Americans in your area and see if they will give you some of their hot pepper seeds used to keep animals away from their crops.

Farmers Hugs/ Farmers Hugs / Jesus Hugs Amen!!

[VirginiaClay]

Originally Posted by materlvr

[U][/We planted 8 heirloom tomato plants last March. We set uo a whirygig, reflecive tape, cd's tied to a sherpards crook. We even covered them with a clear cloth and the {{}{+}{ crows got them anyway. This year my plants are gone, but what can we do next year? Is there a poisen we can use on them? Im serious🍅🍅🍅🍅

Thank you😢😢😢

Do you mean that the crows destroyed the actual plants, or that they attacked the fruits? Assuming you meant they attacked the fruit:

We use cylindrical cages around our tomato plants, and in years when birds peck at the tomatoes, we wrap the cages with thin row cover from the bottom of the cage/ground level up to a foot or so above whatever height the ripening tomatoes are found. We clip it on with clothespins so there's no way to get in around the sides, but we don't cover the top of the cage. This always has worked for us for birds. Generally our problem is catbirds and cardinals though; we have lots of crows around but they've never bothered the tomatoes.

Are you sure the problem is crows? If it's rats/rodents, you'd probably need to secure the row cover to the ground with staples or bricks so the rodents can't crawl under.

[kurt]

This mesh helps us a lot.