What a creative idea! Potato bags like the ones from the supermarket? I wonder if that will protect my fig? Last year a rat ate part of a fig every night. On a small tree that produces once a year, that was too much!
Birds - smell probably doesn’t work with them. Fortunately, the cat patrol minimizes their presence.
Yeah, the ones from the supermarket. I’ve even tied up the plastic ones, as long as there’s some kind a netting so the smell gets out they are fine. We don’t get too much direct sun here, not like we did in the desert, so the plastic bags have actually held up for a couple years. Cloth netting would be better I’m sure.
I wish the animals would just pick one fruit and devour the whole thing! Instead of a bite here, a bite there. Then I wouldn’t have to drive them away.
I don’t know if it works on rats, but it did great with dear, Chipmunks, squirrels, and bunnies. And whatever else was out there eating my garden. Let me know if it works on the rats too.
I think birds are more visual, I’ve heard of putting shiny things in the trees. I haven’t got to that point since my baby orchard isn’t producing yet.