Shield Your Harvest with Reusable Fruit Protection Bags!
Not Getting Your Fair Share of the Harvest?
Are pests like insects, birds, or possums eating your fruit and veggies?
Fruit Protection Bags Provide a Barrier to Ripe Produce
These Ryset Fruit Protection Bags are a solution to this problem and offer a safe, eco-friendly way to shield your fruit from damage. Made from durable food-safe insect netting, these bags are breathable, UV stabilised, and non-toxic.
How Fruit Bags Work
The fine mesh (smaller than 5mm) and drawstring design ensure a snug fit over your fruit, providing effective protection while allowing air and sunlight to reach your produce. They also add a 20% shade factor to reduce heat stress during summer. This helps protect fruit from sunburn on hot days.
When to Bag Your Fruit
Generally, the best time is after the fruit is young and hard, has properly established but just before it starts to ripen. This will be different for all fruit, of course, but if you would like a summary of some of the more common fruit, scroll to the bottom of the page.
What’s Included
10 x Bags measuring 30 x 30cm (Large) or 15 x 25cm (Small) Open at one end. Reusable multiple times, making them a cost-effective solution for your garden
Perfect for Home Gardeners
Ideal for home gardeners and small-scale farmers who want to protect their crops without using harmful chemicals.
Durable and Safe
Worried about durability? These bags are designed to withstand multiple seasons. Concerned about environmental impact? These bags are lightweight and non-toxic.
Reusable with Sun Protection
These bags are reusable and provide a 20% shade factor, reducing sunburn on your fruit.
Bumper Harvests!
Picture walking through your garden next season, seeing your fruit trees laden with healthy, unblemished produce. No more frustration from pest damage, just the satisfaction of a bountiful harvest. With these Fruit Protection Bags, you can look forward to enjoying the fruits of your labour, knowing they are safe and sound.
Order Them This Season
Don’t let pests take all of your harvest and hard work. These bags enable us to enjoy a more bountiful and protected produce result!
Alternative options
- Fruit Tree and Garden Bed Woven Insect Exclusion Net - 2.8m x 5m - Ryset
- Fruit Protection Sleeve 30 x 90cm - 5 pack
- Woven Fitted Fruit Tree Exclusion Net - 2.4m Diameter x 2.8m High
Other Complementary Pest Protection
See our All-Natural Integrated Pest Management Pack
Fruit Bagging Guide for Pest Protection
1. Apples and Pears
- When to Bag: When the fruit is marble-sized or 2-3 weeks after blossoms drop.
2. Citrus (e.g., oranges, lemons, limes)
- When to Bag: When the fruit is 2-3 cm in size.
3. Stone Fruits (e.g., peaches, nectarines, plums)
- When to Bag: About 6-8 weeks before harvest when the fruit is half its mature size.
4. Figs
- When to Bag: As soon as the fruit starts to swell.
5. Grapes
- When to Bag: When grapes begin to change color (veraison stage).
6. Mangoes
- When to Bag: When the fruit is the size of a golf ball (55–65 days after flowering).
General Bagging Tips
- Use breathable bags like paper or mesh to prevent rot.
- Secure bags tightly around stems but leave room for growth.
- Regularly inspect the bags for signs of pests or damage.
- Consider whole-tree netting for larger trees or heavy pest activity.
- See Deep Green Permaculture's Review of these fruit protection bags for more use ideas.
Harvest Without Harm - Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019
This product is compliant with the Animal Welfare Victoria Harvest Without Harm initiative. If you live in Victoria, netting used to protect household fruit trees, vegetable gardens, or other fruiting plants must have a mesh size of 5mm x 5mm or less at full stretch.
If you use netting to protect your household fruit or vegetable plants in Victoria, you will need to comply with this mandatory requirement introduced under Victoria’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019 (POCTA Regulations). Netting fruit trees with larger holed mesh risks causing significant injury or death to wildlife such as possums and birds due to entanglement.