How to Protect Fruit Trees from Squirrels and Other Animals
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- Check out this method to stop your fruit from being stolen by squirrels and other animals. Make sure there are no gaps!
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The squirrels eat right thru plastic netting. Heck, I even tried to cover individual fruit with aluminum screen and they ate thru the aluminum.
Yes I had the same issue, but i just kept patching each day and got a good amount of harvest. They stole about half of them but this slowed them down enough
try wire mesh bags. Nothing gets through them. not even raccoons. I've used them on my mangos for years.
@@patrickgreaux6399 great idea
Squirrels totally decimated all of my peach and pears on 5 yr old trees. Tried covering with giant mesh bags and it worked somewhat. They still chewed openings and got up in there. It was a daily battle to seal up new holes. The problem is sealing the bottom when the tops are so wide. Thinking about making stand alone square enclosures so the netting goes all the way to the ground. Hate spending a hundred bucks to protect a hundred dollars worth of fruit. But I hate Squirrels more.
@@daviddreher8588 I think we need to breed cats with wings. Maybe a pet Falcon or something.....
You need to thin those peaches out, no more than 1 peach for each 8". You'll have a far healthier tree and much larger/sweeter peaches.
Good advice. I will try that this year. Thanks for sharing
Congrats for all your fruits. Good job 👍
Sorry, I tried that and birds got hung up and died if I didn't see when it happened.
Just this week I saw a squirrel running across the picket fence with one of my three peaches. I got the tree last September as a birthday gift. We were so excited this spring to see that we actually had 3 peaches. Unfortunately the peach that I saw the squirrel running away with was the last one. He had already eaten the other two. I'll be looking into the netting for next year. Thank you! 🍑🚫🐿️
I know the exact feeling! Make sure to still watch the netting for holes. I’ve had squirrels chew threw mine a couple times. But once they start fruiting, you’ll get a TON of peaches. So an occasional stolen peach won’t mean a thing
@@georgiafarmingwithfluevog The squirrels were ruining my whole garden this year, especially digging up young plants. I got a little rodent trap from Amazon and so far, I've relocated 20 of them. They chewed the trap up, though, and I had to rebuild it many times. Garden is much better now. Only occasionally does one come around, and I've got the trap waiting for him.
@@billybass6419 Nice work. Hopefully you'll get a good harvest this summer
You know what that means, right? Time to eat the squirrel.....
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Don’t squirrels just eat through the netting?
Did the netting work? I'm thinking of netting as well for my pears.
when is best time to install???? after fruit has started to show??
I had a squirrel slash my screen on a sliding door to enter and eat some dried fruit I left by the door! Won't the squirrel slash your netting with their claws? The ones in California go crazy over my guava trees.
They do bite through it every now and then, it I just keep patching the holes and they only stole a handful of peaches
Thank you for sharing , I will try the net , hope it will work , all I wish at least I can eat a few peaches of my hard labor
You can also try bagging each fruit individually with mesh bags you can find online. That sometimes has better success, but can be a lot of work for large number of fruit
if you buy mesh bags, make sure they are wire mesh bags. The nylon type bags don't stop squirrels. they put holes in them in less than min flat.
Lots of peaches! May want to thin some out there is quite a lot for that small tree.
Read my mind blaynes. Have a video recorded about thinning out the peaches. Set to upload next weekend!
When you use netting how do you harvest your stone fruit? Mine comes on over 2-3 weeks, as I harvest it only as it is perfect for eating. Not sure how you get in and out of the net daily or every other day to do your picking.
The zip ties that I use on the net are removable. So as some are ready to pick, I will remove a couple of zip ties to get inside and then replace them afterwards to reseal the netting
this never worked for me because the squirrels just ate through the mesh. I starting leaving them sunflower seeds and they eat the seeds instead of my apples now. They still eat some of the apples but I get plenty. The other option is a dog but I can't have a dog now. Anyway, squirrels are not going to be stopped by these nets if they want to get in. They are smart and have really sharp teeth.
I am going to try this. I have a peach and apple tree. Each year all the fruit disappears once when the fruit becomes about the size if a large marble. The squirrels in my neighbourhood are crazy🤪
I get that, same here. Some people have success with bagging each individual fruit with mesh bags
use wire mesh bags, not nylon (those don't work)
Gonna have some very mad animals. May turn into the zombie animal apocalypse😈😂😭
Hahahaha
Heyyyy can’t the squirrel cut through the net with his cute little front teeth??? Let us know!
I did have the squirrels cut through a couple times, but I just kept patching the holes and they only got a few pieces.
They can easily chew thru the netting...
I’ve found it to be slow enough where you can patch the holes as long as you check often. They only stole a handful
Did the netting work for you? I have the same issue with squirrels eating my peaches. They jump from my fence onto the tree. The squirrels bit through my netting and ate most of my peaches. Its just a matter of time before they get the rest. Last year I tried a spice spray and applied weekly. That didn't work either. I'm open for other suggestions.
They have worked pretty well for me. I go outside and notice a hole every now and then, but I close them quickly. I believe the true culprits are racoons or larger animals. Because last year I lost 100+ peaches in 1 night and there's no way squirrels did that.
Fox squirrels were nibbling at and running off with our loquats here and there. Once they were fully ripe they cleaned off the tree in 24 hours. Then on to our soon-to-be-ripe peaches & nectarines...SO frustrating after 5 yrs of planting, watering and caring for them, finally to have a good yield, but losing to critters. After looking into solutions I read a thread where many had stopped seeing them as cute, harmless creatures and wanted them GONE. I was there, so I insisted my husband order top rated Quell squirrel trap---a KILL trap. I've set it daily in the crotch of a large jacaranda tree since day it arrived.
Works great! Has killed 15 squirrels in 1 1/2 weeks! I load it with one peanut stuck to the wooden base w peanut butter. They simply cannot resist a single peanut...even if they witness another squirrel killed in the trap. The squirrels don't even have a chance to get the peanut in their mouth before powerful trap springs, always smashing at the jugular for a quick kill. So, I pick up the peanut that sometimes fall out when trap & squirrel fall to the ground below, and reuse it.
I bought bag of peanuts at 99 Cent Store. No need to buy squirrel attractant!
The fox squirrels are NOT native to Southern California but were introduced by Civil war vets living in a home near Griffith Park in LA. Workers there said they couldn't use government food to feed their pet squirrels anymore so they were released & multiplied in Griffith Park...eventually migrating to Long Beach, where we live. I first started seeing them in a local park about 20-25 years ago, not they are everywhere!
Problem is that although they are rodents people don't kill them as they do rats, which we would be overrun with if not for trapping & poisoning them.
I've just netted peach & nectarines with same mesh you used but not as wide, that I bought at the 99 Cent store (no zip ties). This is keeping the birds off them for the most part. Today I will harvest fresh, ripe, peaches!!!!
I would guess squirrels found their way through that. 😂. I use ultra sonic rodent and birds repellent sounds.
could you advise which ones? TIA
Those sounds can be found for free in RUclips but … it’s possible dogs (barking) or even sensitive people won’t feel confortable with them. Look for “anti squirrel repellent sound”. For that reason at thin point I’m thinking about getting those “Inflatable Advertising Air Win Tub Puppet” with the respective blower or letting my beloved dogs stay outside more often.
I set up a pulsating sprinkler between the squirrels' tree (home) and my peach trees and turned it on at random times throughout the day for about an hour each time. I also bought two plastic owl decoys from Lowes and put one on a stake near the tree and another on the fence rail they used to get to the tree - I also moved the owls each day. I had enough black plastic bird netting to drape over the lower branches (couldn't reach the high branches) and put up a perimeter chicken wire fence (about 3' tall) and wrapped that with the bird netting too! I chased at least two squirrels for two days before all of these defenses were put in place. Of all my efforts, I think the sprinkler and the owl decoys were most effective. I saw that they could make their way over the bird netting and over my chicken wire fencing - but at least it made it a bit more difficult for them. The peaches are just ripening now and maybe have another week before they're ready to pick. The squirrels really did a number on the small, golf-ball sized fruits though, destroying dozens! Maybe those are more attractive to them because they can carry them off - we'll see. Thanks for posting your netting project!
Thanks for the tips. You have to try everything you can!
Wasting water.
my squirrels are very smart and even three layers of this kind netteing did not protected my plums.
Oh now. RIP and sorry for your loss haha
I used tulle fabric. The squirrels chewed through and ate my figs.
Interesting, maybe try a thicker type netting
wire stainless steel bags. nothing chews through them
same here
@@carmenleaf Recently I bought a little live trap. So far, I've relocated 33 squirrels and no longer have a problem. They tore up the little trap often, but I kept rebuilding it and changing it. It was $15 well spent.
I tried netting and they bit through it😡
Darn squirrels. I've seen some people have success with metal mesh that goes around each fruit individually. But it might start getting to be more effort than it's worth at that point
Don't birds get caught in these types of tree nets? 🐦🐦
I have a pear tree in my garden. I would love to have squirrels living in the tree. They can help themselves to the pears. It would be nice to watch them from my conservatory.
Fox squirrels were nibbling at and running off with our loquats here & there. When fruit was fully ripe they cleaned off the tree in 24 hours. Then on to our soon-to-be-ripe peaches 🍑& nectarines 😖...SO frustrating after 5 yrs of planting, watering and caring for them 💰💰💰 , finally to have a good yield, but losing to critters . After looking into solutions I read a thread that many had stopped seeing them as cute, harmless, creatures and wanted them GONE. I was THERE, so I insisted my husband order top rated Quell squirrel trap---a KILL trap. I've set it daily in the crotch of a large jacaranda tree since day it arrived.
Works great! Has killed 15 squirrels in 1 1/2 weeks! I load it with one peanut 🥜stuck to the wooden base w peanut butter. They simply cannot resist a single peanut🥜...even if they witness another squirrel killed in the trap. The squirrels don't even have a chance to get the peanut in their mouth before powerful trap springs, always smashing at the jugular for a quick kill. So, I pick up the peanut that sometimes fall out when trap & squirrel fall to the ground below, and reuse it.
I bought bag of peanuts 🥜at 99 Cent Store. No need to buy squirrel attractant!
The fox squirrels are NOT native to Southern California but were introduced by Civil war vets living in a home near Griffith Park in LA. Workers there said they couldn't use government food to feed their pet squirrels anymore so they were released & multiplied in Griffith Park...eventually migrating to Long Beach, where we live. I first started seeing them in a local park about 20-25 years ago, now they are everywhere!
Problem is that although they are rodents people don't kill them as they do rats 🐀, which we would be overrun with if not for trapping & poisoning them.
Mom once had to hire tree trimmer to cut large limb from our historic jacaranda tree because squirrels were getting into the shake roof of the house from it 😵 Fox squirrels are among the largest of squirrel species.
I've just netted peach & nectarines with same mesh you used but not as wide (challenging), that I bought at the 99 Cent store (no zip ties). This is keeping the birds off them for the most part. Today I will harvest fresh, ripe, peaches🍑🍑🍑!!!! So happy to dwindle the line of predatory fruit-nibblers as our FIRST BIG crop of apricots🍑, since we planted the tree 5 yrs ago, are maturing! Can't wait for them. We also have 3 other peach 🍑trees, 3 apple 🍎🍏trees & a wonderful fig tree, with which I will be able to feed MY FAMILY 🙂
Hope this helps some of you to get over any guilt you might feel about killing squirrels that rob you of all your money & labors to grow fruit! P.S. I found the BEST Georgia peach cobbler recipe last. My family LOVED it.
Thanks for the detailed story Susan. I am glad you had success. Nothing is better than eating the fruit of your labor.
Not smart, call IRS for tax subtraction of damaged crop. Plant peach or apple trees away from the woods. Join the garden club that is positioned professionally in the environment. Call local government to reduce number of deer and lazy spoiled squirrels in the neighborhood.