Topic: Netting

[manicscousers]

asap, two choices, pigeons and we've seen 3 cabbage whites this week  :o ;D

[Lottie103]

Ikea net curtains - of course, it hadn't even occurred to me! We have some in our house that looked pretty grey when they were new & now def need replacing. What better excuse - thankyou ;D.

[Bjerreby]

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

I'm not having a dig at you Gobby..................but I thought you'd like to read a little German humour............yes, they have humour, and they are serious about it!

1.   IKEA stands for "Idioten Kauft Eben Alles"........idiots buy almost anything.

2.  The recent IKEA marketing slogan in Germany was "are you living beautifully, or are you just living?". In popular conversation this became "are you liviing beautifully, or are you still screwing screws?"  ;D

[Tinkie_Bear]

I too got debris netting from ebay 50m for about £30 including delivery, (or they sell it by the metre so you can just get what you need)  I got black though :-) 

Hubby has built me a lovely big cage on the allotment it's nearly 4 x 2m and tall enough for me to walk in.  At home he has adapted some rose arches and made another smaller cage for me, both designed to keep the sodding butterflys off my brassicas.

I prefer the black to the green as it isn't so obvious and sore thumb ish.  I haven't got buttons caught in it but I have snagged my hair clip a few times .......

Helen x

[Gobby]

Cant agree more with Ikea, we went round to have a look at the new store in southampton............ it took us 3 hours to wander through and ended up coming out with a wok and 2 new lamp shades.

But we went back specificaly for the nets as they were a perfect size and cheapy cheap! :D

[jo9919]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm going to go to Lidl at the weekend to try to get some of their netting for the strawberries and I'm going to get some off ebay for the brassicas and peas.

I just can't face going to Ikea for their net curtains. Once you're in there you can't get out until you've mastered the 'maze'.

Jo.

[Two Choices]

Just picked up the pack two 10x2m nets from Lidl for 35. The mesh is 1.5cm, which I think should be ok to cover sprouts and calabrese.  I know it sounds daft, but do you just cover the tops and drape a little over the sides, or do you need to completelty enclose them right down to ground level?

[daileg]

 too ground level as the moths will lay eggs and the catapillers will destroy the whole plant like a deluge

[Two Choices]

Thanks for all the advice.  Job for the weekend is to get the plants in and construct a frame to support the netting.

[redimp]

If you get the flimsy thin stretchy netting - make sure you keep it really tight or it is a deathtrap for birds like blackbirds and robins.

[denis trundle]

Well said, i removed a song thrush from some not long ago from some flipant, irrisponsilble netting >:(

[dewisfamily]

i got some netting from ebay 10m x 4m and it cost me £13 including postage
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280336490841&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123