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A strawberry net is mesh netting stretched over berry crops. It keeps birds, rodents and large insects from eating ripe fruit without trapping them, offers minor protection from heavy rain, hail and harsh winds, and has a mesh wide enough for bees and other pollinators to pass through. It suits horticulture, smallholder farms and home gardens.

Strawberry net refers to specialized physical mesh netting stretched over berry crops.

Advantages of a strawberry net include the 

Pest Exclusion- it prevents birds, rodents, and large insects from eating the ripe fruit without trapping them.

weather protection- it offers minor buffering against heavy rain, hail and harsh winds.

pollination friendly: the mesh size is wide enough to let vital pollinators like bees pass through while keeping larger predators out.

Where its applicable:

Horticulture and smallholder farms

home gardens to backyard fruit patches to prevent backyard yields.

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