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Posted by kiwiman Vic.Aust. (My Page) on Mon, Sep 19, 05 at 21:44
| Has anybody got a good design for a framework to build so i can net two large cherry trees-Thanks Stewart |
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RE: netting cherry trees
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| Not sure, but I would try to keep the netting clear of the tree. I threw some netting over a weeping mulberry last year, with no framework, and getting the net off with all the new growth growing through it, was a pain in the as#. |
RE: netting cherry trees
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| Hi Kiwiman, Hubby Lance has a permanent framework around each vulnerable fruit tree. The basis is six long stakes. He drills holes in the ends of plumbing pipe (about 15mm dia) and screws them to the stakes to form a curved 'roof' and these are joined at the top. At the top of the stakes he also has a horizontal ring of a couple of joined plumbing pipes, so the whole lot looks like a space dome! Over the top goes the bird net, 3 widths sewn together with little bits of plastic plant ties. The bird net is anchored to the ground with bricks (just a bit ugly, but then it's only when you have fruit) and is very taut. If not taut, birds could get caught in it. Hope this makes sense! Helen |
RE: netting cherry trees
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| I've used the posts and black pipe before like mentioned above on small trees and it works ok but it isn't really stable enough or big enough to go over a Cherry tree, being just about the biggest temperate fruit tree it's just too big. For our Cherry trees we just net them with a good quality slippery net, the better ones don't stick in the tree badly like the cheap net. We use two or three people with really long bits of wood to pick up and float the net over tree as soon as the green cherries have a bit of size to them and then use the same method to get the net off. It makes the tips of your cherry tree grow crooked and we still have to prune them each few years to keep them under some sort of height control which means you cut off half your fruiting spurs but there is no way around it because if you let them grow to full size and keep all your spurs they are too big to net and the birds get every fruit. We still get buckets of cherries off about 5 15-20 foot trees |
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