[starry]

I have found some 3m x 20m £18:90 per roll plus £4 p&p is this good sounds pretty reasonable to me but as I have never brought it before I wouldn't know ??   :blink:

[arugula]

This online store offers a bit more at a slight cost increase, so it seems comparable.

[nilsatis1964]

Can I ask what do you use the stuff for?  The holes look far too big to stop Cabbage white or carrotfly.  Is it just bird netting?

[Apostrophes]

Get in touch with a local scaffolding firm. That's what we do at our allotments in Stevenage. They can only use debris netting once and have to throw it away after that. We get it free.

[Maryann]

http://www.qvsshop.co.uk/netting-58-c.asp

I rang this company up to ask if they had any netting that only had the eyelet bands at each side and not down the middle (was worried bugs might still get in through the middle band of eyelets) and the guy there couldn't have been more helpful. He even went and unwrapped a package to look for me but sadly the only stock he had was the type with 3 bands.
However........looking on here I have seen photos of this type in use so I guess it must be OK. He also advertises on EBay. Great chap to talk to as he also grows all his own veg etc (he uses wondermesh because it lasts longer than the debris netting) and knows why people use it for gardens etc.

I would recommend this company because of the decent service they appear to provide.

[starry]

I'm going to use it for my brassicas,  I have already used butterfly netting (very small holes) but I find the netting very stiff and doesn't drape well!
 I'm not worried about the big holes I am handy with a large darning needle!!
Thanks argyllie I will have a measure up and see if I can get away with the small width seems like a bargain 

[mumofstig]

Can I ask what do you use the stuff for?  The holes look far too big to stop Cabbage white or carrotfly.  Is it just bird netting?

debris netting has very small holes and works perfectly against fly and cabbage whites
I think you must be confusing it with some other sort of netting 

[Maryann]

This online store offers a bit more at a slight cost increase, so it seems comparable.

Wow, that does seem reasonable!

[arugula]

This online store offers a bit more at a slight cost increase, so it seems comparable.

Wow, that does seem reasonable!

Before posting that link, I had a quick scout round eBay and didn't see anything approaching these prices.

[JayG]

Can I ask what do you use the stuff for?  The holes look far too big to stop Cabbage white or carrotfly.  Is it just bird netting?

I'm butting in here a bit because I don't "do" brassicas any more but I do grow carrots!

Debris netting has a small enough mesh size to keep out cabbage white butterflies but for carrots you need enviromesh (or similar.)

[Kristen]

Dunno if their price is good, but I got mine from Tarpaflex

I haven't bothered to do anything about the rows of eyelets, and have only seen one Cabbage White inside the netting in two years of use (I have about 30M of Brassica beds covered, and same again to keep the pigeons off).

Make sure you buy a wide enough roll. The height of cover is:

(RollWidth - WidthOfBed) / 2

I have 4' wide beds, so for a 3M wide roll that is

(3M - 4') / 2 which, plugging this into Google:

(3 metres - 4 feet) / 2 in feet =

gives 2.9 feet - Substitute your values / units to suit

I would also be thoughtful about buying any colour other than Black. The Blue and Turquoise looked OK to me in their pictures, but my wife tells me that they are an eyesore!

[Maryann]

Sorry Kristen - I might be a bit thick here but you totally lost me with your calculations - I had definite de ja vue of being back in school staring helplessly at algebra examples on the blackboard when I looked at your sums 

However, was interested in your comments about the colours as I was wondering what that 'green' one looked like in the garden plots.

[alancas]

i bought some of ebay from covers-to-go,they were the cheapest and delivery was 3days ,i  got some old scaffold netting but there were to many big holes  so it wasnt worth using.

[Lardman]

I also had mine from Tarpalex (excellent service) and agree with Kristen about the colour. Even green looks "off" given the chance Id buy black next time.

Sorry Kristen - I might be a bit thick here but you totally lost me with your calculations

If your beds are 4ft get the 3m wide netting theres not enough left out of 2m to cover the bed at a good height.

[Weston grower]

I bought 50m @3m wide for £38 on Ebay including postage. Then let it be known on the plot that I had plenty to spare and sold 2/3 of it. This meant that I ended up getting what I needed at a very good price.

As for the central rows of holes - my wife very kindly ran it thro her sowing machine - job done.

Regards, WG