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I have been told that if I use chicken wire netting to protect my strawberries, they will not fruit. Is this a fact or an old wives tale?
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Old wives tale!!!!!Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet -
My lottie neighbour protects hers with chicken.
She collects a washing up bowl full of strawberries every two days in the summer!Comment
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Definate 'old wives tale'
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Are you sure they actually said "wire" - I can imagine using chickens would result in no crop.
Unless the holes in the wire are too small for the bees - in which case you either have fat bees or tiny chickens.
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- I must be a Nutter,VC says so -Comment
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Any netting just needs to have holes big enough to allow bees in to pollinate. Don't see how metal would make a difference over plastic.Comment
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Thank you for your opinions. The chicken wire is back on..................Comment
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