Author Topic: Netting (Read 3484 times)

jo9919 · « **on:** April 22, 2009, 20:02:29 »

Can anyone tell me the best place to buy netting from and what size I should get?

I've got strawberries, brassicas and peas which will need to be netted.

Thanks,
Jo.

SPUDLY · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2009, 20:11:04 »

Hi,

Try ebay. Search for scaffold net. £31.65 delivered from a company called tarpaulinstogo. 50 metres long 2 metres wide.

jo9919 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2009, 21:32:24 »

Thanks, I've found it.

Is the netting ok once it's been cut to size, it doesn't unravel or anything?

Is this ok to net everything with?

Jo.

SPUDLY · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2009, 21:45:26 »

Yes it's fine, won't unravel, lets enough sunlight and rain in, and stops every pest getting in. I use it to cover everything on the plot. I had to after last years fight with the caterpillars. Just make sure it touches the ground on all sides.

In the top picture i've used two pieces stitched together with rope to make it 4 metres wide. Easy enough as it has small eyelet holes along the edges. Best to leave it off your strawberries while the insects are pollinating the flowers, cover them up once the fruit has appeared.

manicscousers · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2009, 21:51:03 »

if you have a lidl near you,this is good stuff, we got some last year :)
http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20090423.p.Garden_Netting_.ar7

jo9919 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2009, 21:59:36 »

The link is asking me to put in my postcode, when I do so there are two different types of netting, one is 8m x 2m for £6.99 and the other is 10m x 2m (two lots) for £4.99. Is it one of these?

The ebay netting looks really good.

Jo.

SPUDLY · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2009, 22:03:34 »

Both prices you quoted are for the lidl netting (two different types).

manicscousers · « **Reply #7 on:** April 22, 2009, 22:04:33 »

sorry, it's the first one,8x2, the other's a bit flimsy..we use this for strawberries, the debris netting from ebay, we use for cabbages etc as they need a big cage over them and the strawberries need the bees to be able to get in :)

jo9919 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2009, 22:25:58 »

Great. Thanks for that.

Jo.

redimp · « **Reply #9 on:** April 22, 2009, 22:44:57 »

I am exactly the same as manicscousers (net wise as I am from Warrington stock so not a Scouser at all!!! ;D) and I use debris netting to keep the insects out and the stiff netting with gaps of about 1cm² to keep birds off me strawbs but allow the bees in.

manicscousers · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:01:06 »

near enough, redclanger, our plot's classed as warrington, golborne ;D

Gobby · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:46:44 »

Ikea 3m x 3m net curtains £2 a pack :D

1066 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:49:17 »

Gobby you've raised a point there - where have all the net curtains on allotments gone? you used to see them all the time. Change of use, change of price or change of taste ? :-\

daileg · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:49:30 »

ikea you say never thought of using net curtains you mean a voil type i presume if so thats a good price

Gobby · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2009, 08:00:13 »

Have used net curtains for my brassica beds one of the net through a hoop as it's already sown then stretched over 2 further lengths of plumbers tubing (no idea what it's actually called / blue stuff)
that made 3m x 2m protection for each of my brassica's at around about £7 each. Holes are too small for strawberris though.

shirlton · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2009, 08:32:36 »

The lidl netting is the same as wilkies only twice as long. Same price per m.

Borlotti · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2009, 09:06:14 »

Used my old net curtains to net my redcurrants one year and found them OK. The netting I have now is continually getting caught in my shoe laces or zip on my jacket and spend ages untangling it, I also tend to trip over the ends if I don't see it. Have asked the local charity shop to save nets for me that are too rubbish to sell as they only bin them, I know cause I used to work in one. Didn't realise that there is good netting and bad netting, I think the holes in mine are too big, I probably just bought the cheapest but will do more research before I buy anymore.

ceres · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2009, 10:19:50 »

Juist been to Lidl. The 8m x 2m is the stiff black scratchy net, the type you can buy by the metre in garden centres. The 2 pack is the fine stretchy grren stuff.

Noticed in Wilkos as well as thier usual nets, they also have a soft black 'knitted' net for £4.99.

shirlton · « **Reply #18 on:** April 23, 2009, 18:46:04 »

Been today and got 2 nets from lidl. They are just the right size to go across the plot. I know what you mean about catching your buttons in them though. I haven't got the patience or the eyesight to untangle myself so I just give a sharp tug and what do you know. It only breaks one square.

Two Choices · « **Reply #19 on:** April 23, 2009, 19:17:46 »

What a useful thread this has been. I am growing Sprouts and Calabrese for the first time and was wondering whether I need to put netting over them. They will be going in the ground as young plants (6 inches tall), so if netting is required, when should I net them? :)

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