Cosmo seeds vs the birds

16 years ago

Any suggestion as to how soon we can pick cosmo seeds for germination. The birds are beating us to the punch and leave us nothing. Can the seed heads be cut and dried inside. Help, we plant so many cosmos we'll go broke if we need to buy the seeds.

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dorisl
16 years ago
Can you put a paper bag or a sock or some other thingy over the flowers to protect them from the birds?
Bowdoin
16 years ago
Can you put netting over the cosmos? Or perhaps tie 2 of those metal pie pans together (either one set inside the other or facing each other) so either they make noise and/or the shininess will scare the birds off? Some birds can scare easy, others are more resilient. How's it going so far?
Emma in SC
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