The nets are on the trees for a period of between 3 and 7 weeks, depending on weather. There is only about a two week period between harvest and blossom event. Q: How much time is there between harvest and when the nets have to be applied? Also, when do you have to start your planning for the netting?Ī: Netting is applied as soon as the harvest is done. It is becoming policy for the packing plants in California to not accept soft peel oranges that have seeds. Mandarins with seeds have limited or no market value. As a result, the trees that produce seedless oranges will have slightly less weight yield, but the seedless fruit is all high value and marketable. Fruit that has seeds is larger than fruit that is seedless. Q: What about crop yield?Ī: Very little difference. The netted rows closest to the other species are seedless. Q: How much separation zone is needed between seedless netted trees and other cross pollinators, to avoid wind born cross pollination?Ī: We do not need any separation area between netted varieties and other un-netted citrus species. We see no seeds in oranges that are netted. The market standard is ‘no seeds’ in easy peel oranges. Without the use of netting, we could not bring our product to market. Netting has been proven to stop cross-pollination, resulting in seedless oranges, protecting your investment and getting the best value for your crop.Ĭontact Us Questions and Answers from Citrus Growers Q: Is netting effective in stopping seed production and if so, how effective?Ī: Netting is extremely effective. When the bloom is over, nets are lifted from trees and spooled on the machine.
The machine lays nets over the rows and the edges of net are held down with dirt in trenches. Before applying nets, trenching both sides of the rows of trees is done to facilitate securing edges of nets.
The best scenario for netting application is after harvest and before bloom. The machine is designed to be a 3-point hitch attachment and run from the tractor’s hydraulics. The machine not only installs and removes nets but provides a means of storage for the nets. Smart Net Systems developed and built a machine to install and remove the nets. Smart Net Systems has been involved in providing citrus netting since 2008. Seedless oranges are achieved by using a fine mesh polyethylene net to entirely cover rows of oranges. California has been netting oranges to protect against cross pollination by bees for 6 years, since 2008. Greater value, improving the return of your crop.Ĭross pollination by bees in citrus crops causes seeds in easy peel oranges. To produce high quality seedless oranges. The Benefits of Citrus Netting Why use Citrus Netting? Citrus Netting Application Machine (YouTube Video) »
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