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Red pawpaw

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My pawpaw has about 8 fruit on growing well. Last year the possums or fruit bats got them before they were barely ripe. How can I prevent this happening this year ?
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24th November 2015 6:14pm
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kmk says...
Advice from Leonie Norrington on Gardening Australia -

"Wrap some hard black plastic around the trunk and staple or tie it in place. This way possums can't get their claws into the tree to climb up to the fruit.
To deter birds and flying foxes, wrap the paw-paw fruit in geo-textile. Tie the fabric securely above the fruit and fasten it at the bottom with a bow so that you can easily undo the bow each day to check the ripening of the fruit."

Pillow cases work. or you can buy fancy exclusion bags online. (Am I allowed to post links to other shops on here?)

If I think something might be flying foxes I avoid netting. I worry they will get tangled and I don't want to have to free the disease-riddled flying-monkeys whilst they scream at me.
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4th December 2015 9:24am
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Cardikel says...
Thank you so much for your suggestions.. Would love to know where to get exclusion bags from..we definitely have flying foxes about - they leave their calling cards on my vehicle ! And def possums as well as my little dogs tracks them in the garden and then wuffs at the bottom of whichever tree they are in !!
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kmk says...
http://greenharvest.com.au/tools/plant_protection_prod.html

http://greenharvest.com.au/PestControlOrganic/ExclusionProducts.html
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