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    Home » Gardening

    Protecting Fruit Trees (Weekend Gardening)

    Jul 11, 2010 · Modified: Nov 25, 2020 by Andrea · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads ·

    Apple tree covered with nets - Andrea Meyers

    Last fall Michael decided we needed to cover our fruit trees with netting to protect the harvest from the local wildlife, and after seeing similar techniques on fruit trees while on a trip to Okinawa, our collection of net bags grew. Now that the apples and plums are starting to ripen and the squirrels have begun showing an interest, Michael took some of the net bags and tied them around clusters of fruit.

    Plums covered in netting - Andrea Meyers

    The netting may not keep the insects out, but hopefully it will deter the squirrels and birds.

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    1. SharleneT says

      July 11, 2010 at 4:39 pm

      I'm going to start collecting net bags from this point forward... my orchard should begin offering a harvest from at least one of the trees, next year, and I want to be prepared... thanks for a great tip... was going to pay an incredible amount of money for tree netting... thankyouthankyouthankyou...

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      • Andrea says

        July 11, 2010 at 9:08 pm

        I'm so glad it was helpful! We're crossing our fingers and hoping for plenty of apples and plums.

    2. Jenny says

      July 27, 2010 at 5:42 pm

      Oh man! I wish I had found this post about 2 months ago. I lost everything from my plum and peach trees after the squirrels got to them. I'll be collecting these bags for now one. Thanks so much for an excellent idea!

    3. Hwan says

      August 02, 2015 at 11:26 am

      I am having a similar problem with my backyard apple tree. Was your net-bag technique effective?

    4. Yooni says

      August 05, 2015 at 12:29 am

      I'm hoping you know by now if this netting helped. Were you able to save your fruits with this method of netting?

      • Andrea says

        August 06, 2015 at 11:58 am

        Hi Yooni (and Hwan). The bags worked for a while, but squirrels are very persistent and they were eventually able to tear the bags. We are trying other methods, such as building chicken wire cages around the trees.

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