theniceguy(9B(?) Japan)

Auuuu it must be dangerous place you live in a very dangerous HOT location?

Not too bad I think. Only summer is hot. Only 1 variety of poison snake, but I've seen it twice near my water tank…

theniceguy(9B(?) Japan)

be careful snakes know how to camouflage , Good luck

Cheers

I just got back from thinning out the tree. I'd say I have lost probably a third of the peaches I bagged. Various factors, but the main reason I think is the same as last year, maybe June drop or more likely I slightly damaged the beach while putting the bag on. Last year I went through a similar thing, and afterwords nearly all of them pulled through OK.
I think if I left them until theyre larger, most of them would probably be ruined by insect bites. They're quite aggressive here.
One thing that pissed me off was my new nectarine trees. They're looking fabulous, and I've never eaten nectarines before, so I'm looking forward to the fruit. But almost all of the bag fruit were snapped off at the branch, it almost looked as if somebody walked around and done it on purpose. I think it's probably a couple of huge crows that hang around there. I caught them on a motion detector camera last year causing mischief.
There's only a couple of nectarines left, and also new this year is likely their beak marks.

you are committed sir! let us know how this turns out

Does the bagging of fruit (peaches and apples) stop the birds and rats from taking their fill?

It's mainly for insects, but I imagine it provides minimal protection from other pests. If birds are rats really want it, the bag won't stop them. I have some heavy duty mesh nylon bags I'm going to put overtop if the birds give me any more trouble.