Many of our home gardeners and fruit growers use Fly Away BMS pouches or blocks to protect their gardens, berry bushes, and fruit trees. However, our commercial AG producers find buying Fly Away BMS granules in bulk a far more cost effective solution. Bulk granules allow our commercial customers to make pouches customized to their application and severity of their bird problems. For example, they purchase inexpensive nylon material, cut it into 6” x 6” squares, and fill it with a small amount of Fly Away BMS granules thus making their own pouches. If they desire longer applications, they may use 1 oz of granules per pouch; if broader coverage (i.e. more pouches), then s smaller about of granules per pouch might be appropriate. The cost effectiveness of using Fly Away BMS is greatly improved in that a single 25 pound bag of granules will provide 400 pouches – enough to easily protect and acres of berries, grapes, or fruit.
Our field tests used 50 lbs of bulk granules to protect 12 acres of Rainier Cherries in eastern Washington state. The producer purchased inexpensive nylon socks from a local discount store, cut them into sections and loaded them with 1 oz of granules. This approach yielded 400 pouches which had an effective coverage of 4.17 lbs of repellent per acre. The overall analysis estimated the cost of repellent, material, and labor at between $150 and $200 per acre. After harvest, the packing house quality inspections indicate 50% - 57% reduction in bird pecks.
Additionally, our commercial producers typically have several different crops ripening at different times of the year. For these situations, the pouches can be removed after the first crop harvest and redeployed to the next ripening crop, then followed by the third etc. In this manner Fly Away BMS offers an exceptionally flexible and cost effective way to protect multiple crops.
Since Fly Away BMS is an aromatic bird repellent, it can be strategically placed to provide broad coverage over your fields or orchards. The following diagram depicts pouches applied to the edges of an orchard with only a few pouches within the orchard itself. In this application, the natural wind will carry the aroma of the repellent to the inner portions of the orchard.
In cases of severe bird infestation, a more uniform, heavy coverage may be required as depicted below:
Finally, Fly Away BMS has a unique, time-release, formulation. Since deployment of pouches may be required for only a few weeks, pouches can be taken down and saved in an air tight container for next year’s crop. By mixing fresh product with those of previous year’s as depicted below can further increase the cost effectiveness of Fly Away BMS.
“I was having many issues with birds and other critters due to a next door neighbor who puts out many bird feeders, including ones along my property line. To date, they have 10 feeders out. The feeders are never moved or cleaned and left out year round. Hence they attract many other items besides birds, but the birds have been the messiest by far. The birds seem to sit everywhere around my home and property and always leave many presents. In addition to making nests everywhere not welcomed, they were living under our cars on our driveway leaving seed and poop all over the drive. We even had car repair bills because they and the attraction of mice to their seed were living in the engines of our cars.
When I first found out about the Fly Away BMS products, I tried a few and noticed an immediate difference. I first tried the discs, and then was told the pouches may work better, so now I use both, and added the black weather caps to avoid the rain. The difference in how many birds now visit us everywhere (to include under the car) has changed immensely. We’ve even hung a couple from under our car, and it has also helped.
I highly recommend using this product if you have pesky bird issues, but have no control over what's bringing them on your property. They do work!
Thanks Fly Away - You have made an intolerable situation much easier to handle. We are now working on getting our HOA to limit the amount of feeders on someone's property as well as placement of the feeders. We wish us luck!”
- Marilyn, Illinois