Here is today's result, birds pecked right through this organza bag. I guess my grandad's .22 is the only option left.

Not for me all the time but they deter the birds sometimes.

So far I have not lost a fig using them, but I am sure I will.

I will wrap netting around this tree, its the only one not inside my protected "fig cage."

Your bags are the wrong color.  They should be green.  Try the green ones and you will see.  I haven't lost one fig yet in a bag.  Give the green ones a try.

Yeah, I guess I missed the bulletin too!

Hi Rafael.
Sorry to see that, I think Dennis has something there, I used the white ones and lost some
then my wife brought home the green ones and I haven't lost any yet.
Who could blame the birds for loving the figs.
Vito

I use white ones just like that and so far, I haven't had any losses on the ones I have bagged.  On the figs I have not bagged, I have had a few losses.  So I'm sure that they're not 100% foolproof, but probably better than nothing.

Has worked reasonably well on my tomatoes too

I hope I don't get jinxed for this, but I haven't lost a fig to a bird yet.  I rarely use the organza bags unless it's a fig I really really want.  When I do use them, they're green.

Rafael - I use lots of different colors and still lose a fig now and then. Color doesn't seem to make a difference over here. If the birds or yellow jackets or squirrels want it they take it, regardless of color. For the most part organza bags work well. For me, green ones are harder to see in the tree.

Its a constant battle Danny. I dealt with Squirrels and they are gone. My fig cage is mostly bird proof. I got yellow jacket traps. But I like to keep this one tree on my deck, but the bugs and birds are just relentless. I wonder how anybody can grow a fig in peace sometimes.

I don't think I ever lost a fig to a bird using the bags. But I lose the fig and the bag to racoons. I find the empty bags scattered throughout the woods around the house. I quit using them as I believe I was only aiding the thieves.

Just kiddin'. I loooove birds!

I use red and bright blue and have no issues. Large birds, such as crows, will take the fig, bag and all, but have never had a bird hole in a bag in 2 seasons.

I have used organza bags to wrap figs and apples. I have eaten one fig that came out of an organza bag. The rest were shredded apart by whatever creature ate the figs inside. I'm looking into acquiring some mithril bags.

Oh... and then there was that day it was really windy and half of my fruit blew to the ground; The ones in bags seemed to catch the wind better.

Cyberfarmer

You crack me up-mithril bags! :-)

Somebody should try camo netting.

I didn't lose a single one with the bags until this year. The birds have figured it out and I've lost a lot of figs now with pecked thru bags. I've resorted to double bagging them with the organza. That seems to work for now but they already got some of the best. Need another plan soon.

Hi Rafael
I have had really good luck also with the bags. I originally wanted to go white but they were out of stock so I went with the pale green that looked most like the leaves. I'm glad I did and the figs in the bags remain untouched and the un bagged right next to them are often pecked at.
I am definitely liking them.

It's my first year trying the organza bags.  (Thanks to this forum for that suggestion!) And a bowl of water (as I heard birds like the figs for the water).

I think they do keep the birds from pecking as much.  The bagged figs that I'm finding on the ground (and one still on the tree) look very mushed, so I think its the squirrels getting to them.  They haven't yet been able to rip a bag open.

I chose red with the thought that if the bags looked anything like the figs' color (ripe or unripe) it would attract pests.  So I went with bright red (plus if they didn't work out I could use them at some of the holiday times.)  But next time I'm ready for a purchase I'll look on here again to see people's experiences with color... light green perhaps.

I'm also tying some onto the branch and some I'm just closing up.  After finding a few on the ground over the past week, I'm now tying them onto branches. 

I put a fake owl up a few weeks ago and hasn't seem a bird nor lost a fig since. ... Until today. A bird got the better part of the last 3 ripe Hollier figs.

On a plus note, I picked 2 mission figs I had forgotten about. They were starting to shrivel. They had organza bags on them. Guess that's why me and the birds missed them. They we delicious. :)

I put bird netting around the tree, they still got through that and the organza bags. They seem to have abandoned the lonely potted tree for the time, there are about 10 figs left on the tree. They are doggedly persistent though. Owls don't exist here in NYC!

the green organza bags worked for birds and bugs but the hornets. yellow jackets, and wasp ate right through them as fall got closer. I haven't been able to get a ripe fig in over 3 weeks because they are so aggressive right now.