Tomatoes, Birds & CDs: How To Keep Birds Out of Your Garden

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I share my experience using CDs to keep birds from eating my tomatoes. I actually show video of a bird eating my tomatoes inches away from hanging CDs. The CD's didn't bother the bird at all. I also show the netting the birds tore up to get to my tomatoes. If you have a fool proof way to keep birds out of your tomatoes, bell peppers, etc. please post it below. So far the netting and CD's haven't worked.

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put a 2" piece pantyhose on each tomato keeps stink bugs and birds from eating them.

buy a wireless horn. Like a loud big rig horn. when u see the birds gathering. hit the button and watch the birds fly away and your neighbors cuss u out.

Greenhouse.

Thanks for testing this and sharing the results with us. Lots of videos of people showing you what they did to stop the birds, none actually go back and show you the results. Kudos.

Double the net up.

red shiny christmas ornaments.

CDs are dumb

maybe it works for other species of birds but not for mockingbirds.

take 2-3 cats, soften the soil in a corner of your garden for them as toilet and let them take care of birds.

PUT A BOWL OF WATER OUT THERE , THEY DNT WANT THE TOMATO THEY JUST WANT WATER !!

I think the problem you are having is that the cd's are not moving enough, looks like you are sheltered from any wind, I have cd's hung all around my allotment and they work a treat but it is open land and they are moving and reflecting light constantly. Why not just create a greenhouse by adding sheeting

Another alternative is to collect your half eaten tomatoes and take them over to your friends house in the middle of the night. Take her ripe tomatoes and replace them with yours and she will think the birds did it. LMAO

A friend from the UK said to take the VHS tape out of an old VHS and loosely string it around the tomato garden allowing it to move in the wind. I haven't tried it, but my friend also swears by it.

Get some smaller type net bags or use some netting they can't peck through, and cover the tomatoes and tie the netting at the bottom with string at the bottom so they can't get up and in. Move the net bags to the fruit as they begin to ripen. If you have a cluster of tomatoes you can bag them together in one bagging.

haha...I guess birds gotta eat too!!! Well tightened netting or shade netting also helps.I also have cd's & yet to see them work! Perhaps your neighnour having a tastier vege garden will help too... Thanks for the video

Try wrapping tomatoes in brown paper bag with rubber band do not use newspaper ink is toxic

please don't name your video "how to keep birds out of your garden" what were you thinking

I would suggest putting up a hummingbird feeder beside the tomatoes and/or house wren nest boxes near by. Neither bird eats tomatoes and both are aggressive and territorial.

Place rubber snakes in your garden. My grandmother taught me that trick. It works!