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Fruit Netting To Cover Your Trees and Bushes

27 April, 2010 (15:46) | Garden Netting | By: admin

There’s nothing quite like vine-ripened fruit, and the birds know it too. After putting in the work of watering, pruning, and caring for your fruit trees, shouldn’t you get to reap the rewards? Protect your trees with fruit tree netting, also known as fruit tree bird netting or just simply, bird netting.

Fruit netting comes in a variety of sizes and is a relatively inexpensive investment to protect your harvest. Bird netting for fruit trees will also protect vegetable gardens and berry bushes, if thieving birds are a problem in those areas as well. Fruit tree nets are durable and will last year after year, giving you piece of mind when you’re away from your yard and garden. Fruit nets can also be used to trellis some plants and vegetables, and will effectively keep deer from munching on your plants as well.

Finding fruit netting is easy, and can be purchased at home and garden centers, nurseries, and at many online retailers. Online retailers tend to be more accommodating of custom or over-sized fruit tree nets, so you’re sure to find what you’re looking for – whether it’s for a backyard garden or an orchard!

How to Use Fruit Netting

Using fruit netting is pretty self-explanatory – just cover the desired area and secure. If you find that the piece of netting you’re using is too large, you can simply cut the excess with a pair of scissors. Fruit netting can be secured around a tree trunk or with stakes in the ground. If your piece of netting is too small you can attach two pieces together – simply overlap the pieces with a minimum of 6 inches and clip together. More complicated uses of fruit netting, such as covering enclosures or use as shade cloth will require more detailed instructions.

Fruit netting is very versatile, inexpensive, and is a great a great use of garden netting to protect your harvest from birds and other pests.