Agfabric Bird Netting 34" Hx28 W Garden Netting Insect Pest Barrier,Plant Cover Fruit Tree Netting Mesh Protection Bag with Drawstring,White

Japanese beetles were trying to kill my cherry trees while they were still juvenile trees. I installed t-posts on four corners of the area around the trees and then draped these over the tree. The netting was supported by the t-posts for the most part. While some beetles still got in via the soil route, most of them were abated by no longer being able to fly onto the trees to devastate them. I had no issues with tearing. These are quite durable. Plan to continue to use this next season and will likely get some smaller versions for some garden veggies. Those japanese beetles are a terror to plants.

This worked perfectly for our fig tree this summer. It saved all our figs from the squirrels this year. If they made bigger bags, I would have wrapped all our fruit trees in the garden. The one downside is that the bag was not big enough to close the hole at the bottom completely, so there was a possibility of squirrels and other creatures entering the bag. I wrapped the trunk and lower branches with foil to deter squirrels. Seems to have worked! A couple of downsides were that it looked like the bag may have been pressing down on some branches with figs, and we had to remove this once to pick the fruits. Otherwise, you could pinch/pick fruits with the bag on still and let it roll down the bag (for a soft landing). We will definitely reuse this again next year!

So far it's working great. However, it's too soon to see if the tomatoes grow normally. It's keeping the animals away because I have not seen any more teeth or beak marks on the tomatoes. There are flies and other small insects trapped inside. I don't believe they are a problem though. I'll be using this next year for sure if it keeps the critters away, whoever or whatever they were. There were 2-3 inch slash marks in a row on my tomatoes which destroyed them! It would seem it was birds rather than squirrels but I don't know.

Very impressed by the quality. (Purchased to keep cicadas off younger trees).

We have two outside carts which we use for our vegetable garden. The fit was perfect ! (With extra room to spare). We bought it to keep out the squirrels and other bugs. It lets plenty of sunlight in, and you can water right through the screen. The netting (on ours at least) measured 5 foot across, by 5 foot high and 18" deep (but i'm sure I could have stretched it farther and wider, depending on how high you need it to go. It does come with a string on the bottom, but we just put a few pavers down to keep it from blowing away if a strong wind came through. (I don't think it would have though!) Extremely pleased with it and was a perfect solution for us.

Not good!Unfortunately, I didn't consider the consequences of covering my fig tree with this dense insect barrier! It completely prevents bees from pollinating and that means NO FRUIT!In non of the reviews was this mentioned and I was mostly concerned about all the figs that were "stolen" off my tree overnight. So this mistake is on me, too focused on only one issue and overlooking a very important other one.I am making it a point here, making you aware that you are cutting off all access for pollinators and that alters the growth and productivities of any covered fruit tree, actually anything covered. Worse yet, we hurt the bee population. This has devastating effects on our environment and the survival of the beneficial insect population, not to speak of food production!As a former beekeeper I should have realized that. Now, next year spring I will keep my fruit trees uncovered and use other safe measures to protect them from destructive insects and thieving. and allowing free access for the bees to the blooms, helping them and my fruit production. We need the bees to pollinate the blooms in order to have fruits on our trees, no bees no fruit.Let's help our environment and it's inhabitants not just survive but thrive.I'm looking into netting with larger holes, about 1/4" - 1/2" size holes which will keep the fruit on the trees but protect them from the critters determined to help themselves to free food, such as birds, squirrels, raccoons and of course deers, to name a few, but the bees will be able to get to the blooms. That way both of us will be happy, I will have a bumper crop of figs and the bees will prosper, the critters - well they will have to look elsewhere.

It’s not featherweight, so it will weigh down or break small branches if not carefully placed. However, the weight is what makes it durable. Will definitely last at least a couple seasons if not more.Relatively easy to install (it’s like throwing a big pillowcase over your tree, so depending on how tall and wide your tree is, it can require a couple people) and so easy to cinch up the bottom. You do end up with a long ribbon but I just tied it to the tree trunk to keep it from dangling.Keeps the birds and squirrels and bugs out of my fruit, although if you have very determined squirrels they might be able to chew through.

I used this net for “Operation Save the Peaches”. We netted our peach tree this year after losing every single peach last year to squirrels and birds before they ripened. This net saved them! It was light weight enough to not weigh down the tree too much in the places it touched it. But we did use stakes to keep it off the tree. I liked the drawstring feature at the bottom, that way we could cinch it up and then weight it down with pavers. I yielded 9.9 lbs of peaches thanks to this net!