Bunch Covers
Product Care

Plastic or polyethelene bunch covers for Plaintains and Bananas.

What are the Benefits?

• The peel of the fruit is protected against leaf abrasion, insect and bird damage as the fruit matures.
• Fruit size is more uniform and larger throughout the bunch.
• Bigger individual bananas or plantains with less peel damage means a better market price and higher profit.

Use of Bunch Covers

When to put on covers:

• 2-3 weeks after flowering
• The flower remains at the base of the fruit should be hard and dry.
• The fingers of the fruit curl upward.

How to put covers on:

• Slide the bunch cover up from the bottom of the bunch.
  Securely tie or attached the bunch cover to the bunch stalk above the first hand of fruit.
• The cover should be left open at the bottom and hang at least 30-40 centimeters below the last hand of fruit
• Covers should be left on until harvest.

Helpful Hints

• Bunch covers should be 1.2 meters in length.
• The schedule for bunch covering in a plantation is usually every 1 to 2 weeks.
• Bunch covers that are not damaged can be re-used.
• If bunches have more that 7 hands, take off the male flower bulb, this will increase the bunch weight.

Important Handling and Safety Information

Poly D Durshan® sleeves are treated with an insecticide known as Cholrpiryfos. Safe usage is extremely important. Personnel should be trained in proper use.

• Wear gloves, long sleeve shirts, trousers and shoes while working
• Wash your hands with water and soap after handling
• Wash your hands prior to eating during work time
• Use clean clothes every day
• Do no mix work clothes with ordinary clothes during laundry
• No eating or smoking while handling the bunch covers
• Never put the bunch covers in the mouth
• Never hang the bunch covers around the neck
• Never rub eyes with the bunch covers

How to Order

The cost per bunch cover is approximately G$35.00, and cost for one roll (55 bunch covers) is G$1,925.00. For full details please contact us.