The little buggers keep eating me strawberries........

[novicejim]

In my fruit cage all the strawberries that a ready have been eaten by pests red ants or
by woodlice

I havent managed to even taste one yet.....

Has anyone any ideas how to keep them off me CROP....

Cheers NJ

[Kleftiwallah]

Nope. I'm in the same position. I've put straw under the plants but the beggers just climb up the straws. I just give the orifice a good rinse under the tap and pop them in.

Cheers, Tony.

[rustylady]

It's probably snails or slugs doing the original damage. Give them some blue smarties.

[otorongo]

Something's eating my strawberries too, but I don't think it's bugs. Must be something bigger. It takes large chunks off them or eats them whole.

My solution is to eat them before they turn red. White/greenish are only slightly less sweet. Not sure about the stuff that matter though - anthocyanins, flavonols, etc. Does anyone know if they're only present in fully ripe fruit?

[kiwiman]

My allotment area has a problem with badgers eating the strawberries and gooseberries, 12 bore anyone, "oops probably should not have said that"!

[MissKittin]

Something's eating my strawberries too, but I don't think it's bugs. Must be something bigger. It takes large chunks off them or eats them whole.

Either squirrels or (less palatable) rats.