Introducing the Kootenay Cover
Our premium fine mesh covers offer comprehensive protection for your fruit crops against egg-laying insects. These covers also minimize damage from birds, sunburn, hail, wind, and wasps. Made from UV-resistant fabric, our covers are durable and reusable year after year. They shield a variety of fruits, including cherries, apples, pears, peaches, and apricots, from cherry fruit flies, codling moths, and other flying pests. By using our covers, you save time and money while avoiding pesticide residues, ensuring greater food security for your harvest.
Kootenay Covers Overview
How Kootenay Covers Work
Place the cover on your tree after pollination but before pests arrive in spring. The fine mesh prevents insects from laying eggs on your young fruit, keeping caterpillars and maggots away. Simply lift the cover at harvest time to enjoy a pest-free crop.
Do I need to prepare my trees?
You prune the tree for use with the cover the same way you would prune it if you were going to spray. You want to be able to reach the fruit safely and easily. Depending on the type and variety of tree, and your past pruning practices, your tree may need just a little pruning or maybe a lot. If your tree(s) has not been pruned for a very long time you may need to give it a major pruning. Bringing an older unmanaged tree back into production can be very much worth the effort.
How to Install Fruit Tree Covers
Gather a few friends and use four poles to lift the cover over the top of the tree. Gently lower the cover to rest over the tree. Secure the bottom of the cover around the trunk by tying it snugly with a piece of rope. When it's time to harvest, simply open the bottom of the cover and start picking your fruit!
Now Available in Six Sizes
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Kootenay Cover 6ft cube
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Kootenay Cover 8ft cube
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Kootenay Cover 10ft cube
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Installation instructions
General Instructions (for unspecified cover size):
Gather materials (4 poles, 4 tennis balls, sharp knife, long rope, 4 helpers), cut a plus sign in each tennis ball and place on poles, lay cover flat with Velcro side up, place poles at corners marked with red arrows, lift cover over tree, center it, lower onto canopy, gather excess cover at bottom, wrap rope around trunk and tie tightly, check for open seams or holes and use safety pins if needed, store poles and tennis balls, watch out for wires and people during installation, leave cover on until all fruit is picked to avoid insect damage, untie cover, insert poles, lift it off, fold, and store for future use.
Specific Instructions for 6 ft and 8 ft Kootenay Covers:
Trim tree to size, measure canopy and height, avoid pruning in wet weather, gather rope (6 ft) and a helper, lay cover flat, fold and lift over tree ensuring sides hang evenly, wrap cover around trunk, tie rope securely with a square knot, untie rope to thin or pick fruit and retie, keep cover on until all fruit is picked to avoid insect damage, untie rope, lift cover off, fold or roll, and store for future use.