netting

[flitwickone]

im getting stocked up for next year and on the allotments adjacent to mine a lot of very fine scaffold netting is used

to stop white fly etc do many iof you use this type of netting or what would you say is the better netting

santa is going to be busy this year


regards


flitwick0ne

[flitwickone]

[asbean]

A couple of years ago I got some fine green netting in rolls off ebay, six rolls in all which was probably more than I needed, but it's been perfect for the brassicas  :) :) :)

[InfraDig]

Someone on here suggested www.tarpaulins-togo.co.uk

I have used their debris netting and it works well.

[flitwickone]

absolute quality answers have shown the wife what santa needs to add to the sleigh many thx

[earlypea]

I thought debris netting was to protect against birds and cabbage white butterflies.  Don't think it's fine enough to keep off aphids, only enviromesh does that.  Am I wrong?

[InfraDig]

From what I have read on here, you are right. However, I didn't get whitefly on the brassica I netted, using an "allaboutliverpool" type homemade cage, but I did get whitefly on the sprouts and kale I didn't net! I should add that the debris netting I used, did need a bit of stitching all along the centre, with twine, to close the holes built into the netting. They looked big enough for butterflies to get through. They are persistent little critters, and I wasn't going to take a chance! I couldn't afford enviromesh in such quantities, so it was also the only solution available to me.

[Amazingrotavator(Derby)]

I've just bought some from Scaffold Direct. 2m wide x 45m long, £63 including postage. Good strong stuff.Will last for years. Could even make a good poly tunnel.

[The Amateurs]

If you can get hold of some 'wondermesh' then it really is worth the extra pennies, we used it on our cabbage and they weren't attacked by anything, which was gr8.  You can get the net from most good garden centres, we use plumbers tubing to go over the plants then lay the mesh on top. We've been told it's the same stuff that the supermarkets use on their organic veg...hope it helps.

[Squashman]

I bought 2nd hand wonder mesh, .15 sq mt, got a life span of at least 10 years, keeps all nasties away, including carrot fly.