Growing Strawberry Plants

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09 Dec 15 mary (Australia - temperate climate)
lovely beds of mix strawberries growing in Perth W.A mostly hanging over a retaining wall and producing fruit. Snail pellet have been put down but I am now finding that the strawberries that have matured to be picked are now disappearing .Are birds the answer or white butterflies .Any help will be great. Thank you.Mary
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16 Dec 15 Paul (Australia - arid climate)
If they are not being taken by snails and slugs the next culprit is birds. Butterflys are no bother. Foil small birds with some fine extracted bird mesh, just throw over the top and after a couple of tries getting into your strawberries and getting tangled they will give up. Bigger birds are more problematic as they don't care about the mesh on the ground so you might have to put stakes in the ground to keep the mesh suspended, that'll stop them!
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