Trying to get things out of the bags after they'd sprouted used to drive me nuts too.
I'd be interested to know if they work to cover ripening fruit (hope so). And the idea for planting succulents in them sounds like a winner. I don't see why not. Now why didn't I think of that?? Now that I have to bring all my tender succulents inside and put them somewhere over the winter, being able to hang some of them would help a lot. I could have even more of them that way.