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Depick said:
And the cover I put over my raised bed solved my squirrel problem. So maybe that can be adapted for some of your fruit trees.
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Cool. CAn you post a few pictures of what you did.
Thanks for getting back with me on that contraption.
 
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I just used 2 - 10’ sticks of 1/2” pvc conduit. I screwed one side down with 2 - 1/2” two hole emt clips then I bent the pipe down and clipped and screwed it the same way on the other side. I repeated the process on the opposite side of the bed. I took 2’ wide chicken wire and cut it about 6” longer than the length of the bed. Zip tied it on one end then I stretched it over to the other side and zip tied again.

It took 4 strips to do the main section and 2 smaller strips to do the small sides. I used an entire package of zip ties to bundle everything together. I left one longer section tied with twist ties so I can still remove the side panel to gain access. In hindsight I’m sure some type of fabric netting would’ve worked much better and been more accessible.

I’m sure a 2x4 frame with some netting over it would do the trick for a smaller tree or bush. You might have to anchor the bottom somehow.
 
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Depick said:
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I just used 2 - 10’ sticks of 1/2” pvc conduit. I screwed one side down with 2 - 1/2” two hole emt clips then I bent the pipe down and clipped and screwed it the same way on the other side. I repeated the process on the opposite side of the bed. I took 2’ wide chicken wire and cut it about 6” longer than the length of the bed. Zip tied it on one end then I stretched it over to the other side and zip tied again.

It took 4 strips to do the main section and 2 smaller strips to do the small sides. I used an entire package of zip ties to bundle everything together. I left one longer section tied with twist ties so I can still remove the side panel to gain access. In hindsight I’m sure some type of fabric netting would’ve worked much better and been more accessible.

I’m sure a 2x4 frame with some netting over it would do the trick for a smaller tree or bush. You might have to anchor the bottom somehow.
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Looks great. I remember it now. Held up wonderful.
 
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Disaster! This weeks storm caused most of our tomatoes to collapse onto the ground. We had them tied up in rows but apparently didn’t make them sturdy enough.

I have a lot of Romas and cherrys that are green or orange that I have no choice but to pick due to fallen off vine or vine broken. Can we just let them sit out on one of the garden beds to ripen in the sun or will contact with the ground promote rot? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
 
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Disaster! This weeks storm caused most of our tomatoes to collapse onto the ground. We had them tied up in rows but apparently didn’t make them sturdy enough.

I have a lot of Romas and cherrys that are green or orange that I have no choice but to pick due to fallen off vine or vine broken. Can we just let them sit out on one of the garden beds to ripen in the sun or will contact with the ground promote rot? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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Bring them inside and set them in the counter or windowsill that will get some sun. The red/orange ones will ripen but the green ones likely won’t.
 
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Calculon said:
Disaster! This weeks storm caused most of our tomatoes to collapse onto the ground. We had them tied up in rows but apparently didn’t make them sturdy enough.

I have a lot of Romas and cherrys that are green or orange that I have no choice but to pick due to fallen off vine or vine broken. Can we just let them sit out on one of the garden beds to ripen in the sun or will contact with the ground promote rot? Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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Calculon said:
We were forced to pick all of these today. Roma, early girl, cherry, grape, plum and beefsteak. Tomorrow is gonna be a big canning day - tomatoes, tomato sauce and salsa.
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Damn dude, you grew a serious amount of tomatoes this year!
 
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This is our first year so we went all in on the raised beds. Had all the kids (they’re adults) home during this ridiculous scamdemic so we used the free labor to finally install it. Way more work than I expected. Had no idea how much to buy to plant because I never really made it through my gardening books and overbought plants bigly. Threw them in beds anyway. We’ll have to be more deliberate next year.
 
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Varmint said:
A banana with also work...the riper the better...none of the restaurants that buy my produce want fully ripened veggies
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Zucchini and eggplant pizzas tonight...it’s going to be a long night...yes those are Hungarian hot wax peppers and super sweet 100 tomatoes ...fresh mozzarella is the only way to make a pie D777A077-D976-41D1-B40E-27BE15B59340.jpeg
 
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