Read About Bird Net

Bird nets are a good way to keep nuisance birds out of your garden. Here's everything you need to know about this product.

Bird Net - What are they?

  1. Description:

    Bird net is special netting that is used to cover your crops, plants or fruit trees, to protect them from the birds that want to eat the fruit or berries.
  2. Who Needs These?

    Anyone who enjoys gardening, or grows crops for a living.
  3. Why Do You Need These?

    Bird nets cover your vegetable plants or fruit trees, while keeping birds from getting at the vegetables or fruit.
  4. Types:

    Bird nets comes in many different sizes in length and width, and different sizes of mesh, depending on the size of the plants or trees you want to protect.
  5. Benefits:

    A bird net keeps birds and other pests from getting at the fruit or berries on the plants or trees, while allowing full sun, air circulation, and watering capability. It can also reduce the chances of pest bird diseases being transferred to the fruits or vegetables.
  6. Uses:

    Bird nets can be used on smaller plants, such as strawberries or tomatoes, as well as larger fruit trees.

Bird Net - Tips

  1. Varieties:

    Bird net is available in different mesh sizes, depending on the size of your plants, and the size of bird you with to keep out.
  2. Quality Choices:

    Choosing a higher-quality bird net can assure that you will be able to use the net over several seasons.
  3. Where to Use:

    Bird nets may be used in your vegetable garden as well as in a grove of fruit trees, or anywhere that you wish to keep birds out.

Bird Net - Concerns

  1. Safety Issues:

    Choose a mesh size that is not so large that small animals could become entangled and be unable to escape easily.
  2. Behavioral Issues:

    When birds find that they are consistently unable to get access to your crops, they will go elsewhere.
  3. Convenience:

    Bird nets can be customized by cutting to the size that you need to cover your plants. This makes it easy to cover the plants, yet remove so that you can harvest the crop and reuse them next year.

Bird Net - How to Choose

  1. What to Look For:

    Be sure to look for a material that is durable, yet easy to cut to the size that you need.
  2. Expense:

    Bird net is a surprisingly inexpensive way to protect your crops from pest birds.
  3. Other Items You Might Need:

    The only items you may need are a scissors for cutting, and a way to secure the netting to the ground or trees that you are protecting.