Allotments 4 All

Just a few Q's before I go and buy some in readiness...

How much headroom do y'all allow for your plants? Is it best not to have any part of the plant touching the mesh etc so nothing can be laid on it?

Will fleece compost down or is it a land-fill substance? I have some from this year that received a hammering at some point. Is there any other use for fleece when it is no longer in one big sheet?

Is there a simple calculation that any of you use to buy/cut the most universally useful lengths of each material?

How much headroom do y'all allow for your plants? Is it best not to have any part of the plant touching the mesh etc so nothing can be laid on it?

You can lay fleece directly on the plants. If you roll up the sides and weigh down with battens, you can unroll as the plants grow so they're not squashed.

I prefer a cloche for mesh. Good (cheap!) ideas for making cloches in the wiki!

Will fleece compost down or is it a land-fill substance? Landfill

I have some from this year that received a hammering at some point. Is there any other use for fleece when it is no longer in one big sheet?

Stuffing draughty gaps in shed and g'house ;D

Is there a simple calculation that any of you use to buy/cut the most universally useful lengths of each material?

Length=length of bed. Width=depending on height of crop. On beds 1.25m wide I use mesh 2.5m wide, but have to lift it up for tall crops e.g. broccoli

While on the subject, I've been clipping mesh to bamboo / hosepipe with (large) plastic clothes pegs

The idea came from one of the threads on "Basics" or "Top Tips"