Read a lot about the use of organza bags. Well I got some and tried them. The name of the bag should be "Hey I'm over here" bags. I place the bag on the ripening fig one day and check the next. Fig and bag gone! Now I have the Mocking birds and racoons looking for red bags. Think I will write this off as did not work for me.

Jake

I think you might want to try white bags.... red screams ripe fruit to most animals including humans...

 yikes maybe it was the red color.  The black ones worked just fine for here, if you want to try black ones  pm your address.

I've had 2-3 white ones attacked by by a squirrel or raccoon.  But in general they have worked well.  They definitely work for birds.

I ordered the sage/green bags, nobody cares it seems. They are hard to see in the foliage, same color as fig leaves. 

You do have to start using them before the big critters know there's figs.  Or get a dog to keep out the big critters  :)

   Fortunately I don't have a problem with squirrels or ground hogs, etc. (I don't think the bags will be of much use against them)...but the organza bags prove very successful in discouraging birds from pecking holes in my figs...I ran out of bags after about 150, and the only figs that suffered any damage were the ones that were not protected...for some reason the birds do not want to deal with those bags.

They worked fine, regardless of color, against small birds, fig beetles, etc. They do not stop crows, large birds, coyotes, possums, racoons, etc. They will eat the whole thing.

Yes, that is correct. Birds have a natural instinct to know a dark fruit is a ripe fruit. They will go for a dark fig before a green one. Stick to white organza bags.

Good information, thanks for sharing.

Best,
Tam