Avoid Sharing of Strawberries with Birds, Rodents and Other Vertebrate Pests

Abstract

Strawberries Fragaria ananassa Duch., are delicious and packed with nutrition, so not just only humans love to eat them, but are tasty and nutritious to many other creatures. Unfortunately, birds, rodents and a range of other pests may harshly injury to strawberry plants. Thus, purpose of this chapter is enhancing protections against these vertebrate culprits to mark the dissimilarity among an awkward and normal plants. Numerous species of birds consume strawberries that are among the most common pests and as well challenging to manage for the reason that they are very moveable. Frightening maneuvers, such as noisemakers and fake owls or hawks, to some degree are operative, however they might be regularly changed since birds become accustomed to them. Physical hurdles, such as netting and wire mesh are further operative and plants must be completely covered with them, though it is labor-intensive to install. Various rodents might eat strawberries including rats, mice and squirrels, however rabbits may likewise create harms. Physical obstacles will typically retain these pests outside of orchards, even though to this tactic, there are few challenges. Several rodents particularly mice are enough smaller to slipup under or through fences. Barriers used to retain smaller animals out should be prepared from good netting and the bottommost might be tight completely alongside the earth, or be submerged a few centimeters underneath, and likewise netting row shelters above plants might be effective. Deer will also feast on strawberries, but a few more control options are available for these animals than for birds. Physical barriers, like wire mesh row covers can also be effective and electric fences around an entire garden might keep deer out. A combination of methods used in this work are best to protect strawberry plants, but nothing is 100% guaranteed when a foraging pest is truly motivated.