How to Save a Strawberry Crop with Buttons: An Interesting Summer House Trick

29.04.2023 16:14

The strawberry bushes produce very beautiful bright red fruits.

Unfortunately, not only people, but also birds pay attention to these berries.

Birds love to feast on garden strawberries, which results in a drop in crop yields.

What gardeners do not do to save berries! They install nets, use various repellents, and lay out onions.

But there is a much simpler way. It does not involve the use of complex devices or sources of unpleasant odor.

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Photo: © Belnovosti

How to use buttons in the country

Red buttons will help save the strawberry harvest.

You can also take round fasteners of any other color, but then the items will need to be covered with suitable paint.

Red objects should be placed near the strawberry bushes. It is advisable to do this before the fruits ripen.

Birds will notice bright objects in the garden bed and start pecking at them.

Soon the birds will understand that instead of juicy berries they constantly come across something hard and inedible.

Once the strawberry fruits have formed, the birds will not touch them, believing that these round, bright red "things" are not suitable for food.

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief