Hi all,
My Victoria Plum had a load of fruit on it in July, but just as it was ready to harvest all the fruit disapeared and it looked as though something had been trying to climb the tree (broken branches).
There was no sign of the stones either.
Today all but two pears had gone off my Conference tree. The highest were about 3' off the ground. About a month ago, when the fruit was realy hard, I noticed teeth marks in some of the lower fruit. Whatever it was has obviously come back now. I noticed a small piece of pear on the ground this afternoon and when I looked the pears had gone.
Has anyone any idea who the fanthom harvester is?
I'm pretty sure it's not human. There's pleanty of evidence of badgers in the garden.
Regards, Gerry.
Where has my fruit gone?
Moderators: KG Steve, Chantal, Tigger, peter
Was it the Little People!
John
John
The Gods do not subtract from the allotted span of men’s lives, the hours spent fishing Assyrian tablet
What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning Werner Heisenberg
I am a man and the world is my urinal
What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning Werner Heisenberg
I am a man and the world is my urinal
Hi John,
That thought crossed my mind but they wouldn't be able to reach the top ones. Anyway they were back again last night and started on the apples. There was one off on the lawn with teeth marks in it but it must not have been to their liking.
Regards, Gerry.
That thought crossed my mind but they wouldn't be able to reach the top ones. Anyway they were back again last night and started on the apples. There was one off on the lawn with teeth marks in it but it must not have been to their liking.
Regards, Gerry.
-
oldherbaceous
- KG Regular
- Posts: 14432
- Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:52 pm
- Location: Beautiful Bedfordshire
- Has thanked: 711 times
- Been thanked: 709 times
Dear Jerry, exactly the same thing has happened to somebody i know, and no evidence of broken branches or any sign of the stones. 
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.
sounds familiar - I would agree with Monika and say squirrels.
Beryl.
Beryl.
Hi Monika,
Thanks for the reply but we don't have any squirrels in the area. The bite mark on the apple indicated that the culprit could open it's mouth at least 4" wide. This afternoon I noticed the blighter had pulled up a beetroot and tried it for taste. We do have one deer in the locality (it escaped from a heritage site about 6 miles away). The pears, by the way were weighing in at around 10 oz. each so something substantial took them away, or ate them on site.
Regards, Gerry.
Thanks for the reply but we don't have any squirrels in the area. The bite mark on the apple indicated that the culprit could open it's mouth at least 4" wide. This afternoon I noticed the blighter had pulled up a beetroot and tried it for taste. We do have one deer in the locality (it escaped from a heritage site about 6 miles away). The pears, by the way were weighing in at around 10 oz. each so something substantial took them away, or ate them on site.
Regards, Gerry.