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Green Harvest Organic Gardening Supplies is permanently closed as of 5pm on 1-11-2023.
We will not be taking orders by this website, in person, by phone or email. Our display garden and retail shop are closed forever.
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Phone:07 54357000
Phone calls will only be responded to sporadically and only in reference to orders placed prior to 2-11-2023. All the useful growing and organic pest management research and resources are available on this website for a while still.
Bird Scare Flash Tape   Bird Control Netting  
How to choose a deterrent

Gardeners and farmers the world over compete with wildlife to harvest their crops. The ideal of tree-ripened fruit can be a real challenge to achieve! Green Harvest offers two main choices, either exclusion or deterrence. The choice you make will depend upon your individual circumstance and the plant you are trying to protect. Deterrence is particularly useful for ornamental plants and when the problem is widespread, affecting many plants. It can work well on birds, possums and fruit bats depending on the product used.
Often more than one strategy is needed, with the strategy changing over time, as animals can get used to the deterrent and 'familiarity breeds contempt'. The aim is 'behaviour modification' so to be successful, a strategy must be repeated often enough to retrain every individual animal that is a threat to your garden. A 'once only' encounter may not change forever the patterns of behaviour of an individual animal. Starting early enough is critical; once a crop is already being enjoyed it is very difficult to change the behaviour.
Birdscare Flash Tape
This product works by signalling danger to the birds that seem to associate the reflecting sunlight with fire. The super strong, long lasting space-age plastic tape is bright red on one side and silver on the other. Can be used on row crops or fruit trees by cutting pieces to length and securing from stakes, or draping over branches or making pom-pom bunches and tying them on.
PE225
Peewees (magpie larks) have been attacking all of our windows for years - they can keep up the attack for hours with very messy panes of glass the result. I had tried so many different strategies, from decals to home-made dangly, shiny things, but nothing dissuaded them. Then I bought a roll of Birdscare Flash Tape, hung it according to the instructions in loops on the two worst-affected windows and a few days later it all stopped! It's been four months now and still they haven't gone for any windows in our house - it has really worked!
Theresa from Dulong QLD
Wildlife Friendly Bird Netting
  • 5mm mesh size. Meets the new legislation in Victoria to prevent animals getting stuck in the large more common netting sizes
  • High quality HDPE, UV stabilised material
  • Lightweight at 30 grams per square metre
  • Will not cause permanent damage to plants
  • Black is less noticeable to the human eye, so often preferred as it blends in better
  • White netting reflects daylight and may add to repelling birds, as they see it easier

PE227
PE228
PE229
PE230
Are you a primary producer?
You may be eligible for a government grant for protective netting
See also:
Exclusion Bags
Mesh Sleeve

Meets National Organic Standards - products with either ingredients permitted for use in organic farms or acceptable cultural strategies for pest control. This standard is detailed in the Australian Certified Organic Standard (ACOS) 2010 as defined by Standards Australia. Organic growers should always check with their own certifying organisation for the acceptability of any product.
OG Organic Certification for Australia
FG Food Grade
UT Untreated Seed or Plant
 
Home
Green Harvest Organic Gardening Supplies is permanently closed as of 5pm on 1-11-2023.
We will not be taking orders by this website, in person, by phone or email. Our display garden and retail shop are closed forever.
Read more...

Phone:07 54357000
Phone calls will only be responded to sporadically and only in reference to orders placed prior to 2-11-2023. All the useful growing and organic pest management research and resources are available on this website for a while still.
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