Method of Making Form, Fill, and Seal Bags

A method comprising

• forming a bag having a sealed lower end, an open upper end, and a body extending between the lower and upper ends to define an interior volume, the body having at least two opposed sides formed from an open mesh material formed from filaments that intersect one another, at least some of the filaments being composite filaments having a carrier portion of a relatively high melting point and a bonding portion of a relatively low melting point, the bonding portion of each composite filament being thermally bonded to other filaments at at least some points of intersection, wherein the open mesh material extends in machine and cross machine directions, has a mass per unit area of no more than 30 g/m2 and has least one of a) a breaking elongation in at least one of the machine direction and the cross machine direction of no more than about 50/%, where breaking elongation is measured in accordance with ASTM standard D 5034 the bag having an initial height between the upper and lower ends, and b) a burst strength of at least 80 kPa, where burst strength is measured in accordance with ASTM standard D 3786;
• filling the bag with items;
• then
• placing the bag on a horizontal surface and leaving the bag unsupported from above, whereupon the bag has a final height between the lower end and the upper level of items in the bag that is at least 35% of the initial height.