Reasons for Bagging Apples

Every gardener wants most from an apple tree is red, healthy juicy and ripe. But birds and insects and fruit tree diseases can ravage your crop. That’s why so many gardeners have started growing apples in bags. Why put bags on apples? Read on for a discussion of all the reasons for bagging apple trees.

Pest Management

Bagging apple trees makes sense when you think about the fact that pests attack apple from the outside. Alternative pest management in orchards to improve fruit finish on apples.

Bird Control

The bags also act as a barrier to protect the apples against attack by birds. Bagging apples means covering young fruit with paper bags while they are young. Those bags provide a layer of protection between the tender fruit and the outside world.

Disease Control

By growing apples in bags, you can avoid most of the spraying that keeps them healthy. The bags act as a barrier to protect the apples against attack diseases.

Improve Quality

The bags are removed three weeks before harvest to allow the fruits to color. Generally, you may notice the fine finish on apples produced with the bagging method.

If you decide to bag your apples, we would like to offer some paper bags samples for testing. Click here to get in touch. Leave those bags on until harvest.