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Why did people tie small white rags on wires that went around vegatable plants years ago?

why did people used to tie small white rags on wires around vegatable plants

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Bonestructure Answered:

Used to? A lot of people still do. Basically, they flutter in the wind and hopefully scare birds and animals to keep them away. Whether it actually works or not, I have no idea.

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Paula Jo
Paula Jo Answered:

Those small white flags are meant to scare birds off. most birds are very shy and as soon as a small rag wiggles in the wind it will scare the bird off.

It does work but birds do get used to certain things and will lose their shyness towards those little clothes or flags. A better way to protect vegetables is to screen in the area or vegetable beds.

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