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Gary D. Howell says:

This worked extremely well at keeping the birds away from the fruit on our plum and peach trees. Although some birds did learn to get at the fruit by flying in from underneath. My hope was to bundle and tie the netting around the base of the tree to prevent this, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t because the mesh of the netting catching on anything and everything. The mesh catches on every twig end. The mesh catches on every little nub on every branch. And just when you think you’re making some headway trying to get a section untangled, you’ll discover that the mesh has also caught on two shirt buttons, your watch band and your belt buckle. So I eventually lost all patience at getting the netting positioned so that I could bundle and tie it around the base of the tree.

Hopefully, all your fruit will ripen at the same time, as you’ll even have almost as much trouble trying to get the netting off the tree; that you’ll never attempt to put it back on to protect unripe fruit. As I was trying to remove it, I couldn’t let any section that I had previously untangled sag anywhere else, or a new battle would ensue (it was even snagging with things on the ground).

I do like the way the netting performs though, so next year I’ll try either of these experiments below.

Experiment 1: Slide a large plastic sheet over the tree. Then slide the netting over the plastic and secure one side of the netting. Slide the plastic sheet out from under the netting on the side that isn’t secured.

Experiment 2: Buy two bottles of wine. Serve the wine to 3 invited friends. Secure each corner of a netting sheet to a long pole. Have all 4 people hold the poles high with the netting stretched tight. Walk and position the netting so it is directly over the tree as I want it. Drop the poles. Pray that the netting landed where it was supposed to!

Rating: 3 / 5

Daniel Sassoon says:

I purchased BirdBlock netting after having some of my strawberries sacrificed to the birds that frequent my garden. The net performs well, providing protection to my strawberries but also the new lettuce seed i put down.

Read the other reviews because the net does get caught frequently when first placing it. However, after first laying it over my garden i have had no problems since. This is definitely not something that would prevent me from purchasing this product again. A tip to make initial placement less stressful – have a patient person help you

The bag the net comes packaged in also has some nice ideas for using the product. I used the stake+string method and it has worked well.

Another benefit i have noticed is that if placed correctly this net can keep large snails out of the garden. I have found some caught in the folds of the net.

Rating: 5 / 5

Pam Tee says:

Okay, I’m not using this netting like the other folk, but perhaps you too are looking for a solution to THAT deer that’s so bold he doesn’t hesitate to come up onto the porch to nibble the delicious buds off your potted plants.

My particular problem this year wasn’t that, but it was that someone was dining on the new garden I put in the front yard. Now, you can’t exactly put up deer fencing — at least not attractively– at the front of your lawn, but you can protect your plants, it turns out, with this netting.

What I did was cut the netting into small swaths which I lay over the plants. LOL, it apparently has an unpleasant feel on the tongue. The dear deer hasn’t even eaten the lettuces I’ve got tucked in here and there. And the best part is that the netting is invisible. At least I can’t see it.

So try this out and see if it works for you. It’s allowed us to grow plants that none of our neighbors dare try here in deer-country Virginia.

One note of caution: You need to check periodically to make sure that blossoms don’t work themselves into the netting. I’ve had to work some free so they could open.

Pam T~

happy gardener

I’ll report back if there’s a failure at any point
Rating: 5 / 5