Scaffold netting- good for everything?

[caroline7758]

As I was sheltering in the rain in my shed this morning, I realised how much unused netting I have in there. As I have recently invested in some debris netting, I'm thinking of freecycling the rest, but wanted to check, is there anything that debris netting is not good for, e.g. because it's too fine?

[caroline7758]

[manicscousers]

anything that needs pollinating  :)

[tim]

It won't stop Carrot Fly or Flea Beetle?

[lincsyokel2]

Agreed, doesnt seem to work against Flea beetle, and its very fragile to flame (i took the weed burner too close and it just evaporated).

Otherwise its second only to a chain saw for universal usefulness.

[chriscross1966]

Agreed, doesnt seem to work against Flea beetle, and its very fragile to flame (i took the weed burner too close and it just evaporated).

Otherwise its second only to a chain saw for universal usefulness.

Flea beetles tend to live in the soil and are so endemic thant any given square metre of allotment probably has at least a few dozen in it, plant brassicas adn up they come.... another reason for module starting in my book.....

Debris netting isn't as good as a chainsaw if you're trying to control children though.....

[tim]

However - if you net brassica, they do seem to have less damage?

[lincsyokel2]

Debris netting isn't as good as a chainsaw if you're trying to control children though.....

A proposition i diasgree with, and am willing to debate with you.................

[lincsyokel2]

However - if you net brassica, they do seem to have less damage?

seems so to me.

[chriscross1966]

However - if you net brassica, they do seem to have less damage?

Much more so than if you chainsaw them certainly...

[grannyjanny]

We have to net brassicas or turn your back & they're gone >:( >:( >:(. One old gent said he wishes he'd netted his whole plot. He could have done with a padlock too as their was a thief about (local householder)

[lincsyokel2]

However - if you net brassica, they do seem to have less damage?

Much more so than if you chainsaw them certainly...

yes, but its quicker and cheaper to chainsaw them than net them. This also applies to children.

[grannyjanny]

Yes but we don't grow children on the lotty, well I don't ;) ;D.

[lincsyokel2]

Yes but we don't grow children on the lotty, well I don't ;) ;D.

Thats only because you have them planted too close together., and you cant get the chainsaw in between.

[JENIAN]

Used debris netting for first time this season for my brassicas with great success.  Got mine here:-

http://www.scaffolding-direct.co.uk/Debris_Netting_and_Monoflex_Sheeting/STRONGFORGE/Debris_Netting_-_3M_x_50M_-_Green._650.aspx

And cheaper thn last year ;)

[Columbus]

Hi Caroline, Hi all  :)

If I couldn`t get debris netting for free I would buy it. I always use it for brassiccas and carrots and its useful as weather protection and screening off crops that might attract unwanted attention from light fingered browsers. On the top of my fruit cage I just used a bigger mesh for pollinators which seems to work. Long peices don`t seem to get tangled the way climbing nets do either, so it lasts better.

Col