James wrote:
On Jun 27, 10:51 am, "The Ranger" wrote:

sherwindu wrote in message

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[..] It took a full day to put it up and another to take
it down.

It took you a full day to put up and take down netting? Why? It
shouldn't take more than 30-40 minutes with assistance from any
able-bodied adult.


I had a nice system though, using a vertical pole
extending above the tree top. On top of the pole
I had a horizontal 'X' crossbars with a wire around
the perimeter and plastic bottles at the ends to allow
the net to slip over it. Four guy wires held it up.

Why did you stop using this system? It actually sounds like it
would work a lot better than netting _and_ would be much easier to
put up and take down.


I have since gone to a different system of covering
my more valuable fruits with zip lock sandwich bags.
[..] also experimenting this year with nylon 'footsies',

[snip]

And you're concerned that the netting took a whole day? Putting
footsies or ziplocks over individual fruit is such an extremely
labor intensive job that the netting can't even come close to
being.

The Ranger


For one thing your glasses wouldn't get tangled up in footsies or
ziplocks.

My pussy thinks the netting is a toy and loves to get all tangled in
it while I was trying to put it up.

Just covered my fig. However I think it was raccoons that were
stealing my figs last year because it was something heavy enough to
break branches.

The !@#$% grackles have already been at ours. Just as the fig ripens
they eat half of it. Went out this morning and netted the fig tree. The
plum and the peach crops are done so used the same netting over again.

George