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[Nathan Torgerson <nathantorgerson@yahoo.com>]

Mike,

  Do you think draw-string organza bags would work? (Here's a website that sells them for wedding favors, sells a 5" x 6.5" size, which should be big enough

http://www.save-on-crafts.com/sachetbags.html) If they are reusable and easy to put on, I'd be willing to pay 28 cents apiece...unless someone else knows where to get them cheaper.

  How does organza compare to Reemay? Both are a synthetic micro-mesh, but is one more breathable than the other?  Would insects just lay their eggs right through it if it were right against the fruit?

 

This Reemay website sends out free samples (for companies at least): http://typarlandscape.com/ls_blanket.html

 

Nate

Andover, MN

Mike Levine <mlevine@umich.edu> wrote:

The bags she made were square and stitched on 3 sides. It worked very well
to use twist ties. Before we decided we need to make the bags we tried just
gathering the material and fastening aroung the fruit with a twist tie, but
quickly decided it was clumsy to do it that way and realized bags were
easier. We put them on the fruit as soon as they were big enough to get a
twist tie around the peduncle. Didn't lose very many to June drop b/c we
thinned well before putting the bags on. It worked well for our apricots,
peaches, apples, and pears. I like your ideas for using materials that
could be a little cheaper than reemay. We used reemay b/c we had a lot
lying around from our unheated hoophouse that we use for winter salad mix.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney"
To:
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:23 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Fruit Bags


> Mike,
>
> Would you mind giving a few details about the design of the bag?
> It seems to me that one could have a bag with a fairly small neck
> area that is stitched such that that area might be easily pulled
> apart when it comes time to remove the bag. My wife (who sews)
> says that a bag could be sewn with a narrow neck (just big
> enough to pass a golf ball) and a larger main body using a basting
> stitch in combination with a back stitch at the wide part of the bag
> and that the thread used to sew the bag can be used as the draw
> string up at the neck and then when one wants to open the bag
> one would merely cut the stitch on each side and it would unravel.
> She says button and craft thread thread would probably be best.
> Other possible materials might be Organza, Bridal Tulle,
> Chiffon, or Nylon Voile all of which are similar and can be
> obtained for $2.00 yard.
>
> Also how big were the fruits when you bagged them?
>
>>I bagged peaches and apricots last year with home-made remay bags. Near
>>100% success.
>
>>Mike Levine
>>Ann Arbor, MI
>>Zone 5b
>
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