Something is picking my strawberries!

sarahhajdari

I have a large patch of strawberries in my garden and something has been picking them and then placing them in piles in the strawbery patch. Most of them are not eaten and i was wondering what might be doing this. I have found about 3 clusters of these strawberries.

Any help on what is doing this and how to stop it would be great.

Thanks

coolpran

i bet its squirrels. i had the same thing done on my hanging basket. and one of the basket had all the green strawberries half eaten too.

sarahhajdari

i was wondering whether it was squirrels. Any ideas how to deter them?

invisiblecabbage

sarahhajdari wrote: »

I have a large patch of strawberries in my garden and something has been picking them and then placing them in piles in the strawbery patch.

Maybe whatever it is has just popped out to make a few scones and milk a local cow to make some clotted cream. bet they'll be back when its tea time:T

Dustykitten

I always net me strawberries to keep birds and squirrels off.

foreign_correspondent

I had an animal eating my strawberries...

...I was in the greenhouse and I could hear this munching and licking of chops - I looked around and spotted my dad's Jack Russell Terrier carefully picking through the strawberries, and plucking the ripe strawberries neatly off the plants and devouring them - he only picked the really luscious red ones, and was obviously enjoying them!

Now I have to keep a very close eye on him and try and pick the ripe ones before he does!

... but sorry, that doesnt help solve your mystery!