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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Weston grower on October 13, 2010, 15:41

Title: Debris netting
Post by: Weston grower on October 13, 2010, 15:41

Hi all,

I've been reading your posts and stealing your knowledge for the past year. Thought it about time I joined in.

Having read various posts about enviromesh versus debris netting I did some looking around at costs. Found that enviromesh was about 2 to 3 times as expensive as deb net.

So I've bought 50 metre roll @ 3 metres wide for about 80p / metre. I'll cut off what I want and sell the rest to anyone on the allotment that wants some. If I'd bought the amount I need, about 15 metres, it would have been about 150p / metre.

So hopefully my brassicas wont look like lace doilies next year and I've saved myself some money!!

Lets hope that the weather is less challenging next year:)

Have added pic. Coin is 5p for scale.

I'm not selling this online.

Title: Re: Debris netting
Post by: peterjf on October 13, 2010, 15:50

good price thinking , we been doing the same,

Title: Re: Debris netting
Post by: juliec on October 13, 2010, 16:33

Hi there, any chance of a pic of some ones nets, Id really like my brasicas not to be so lacey too!!

A Pic may show me what to do?

thanks

Title: Re: Debris netting
Post by: joyfull on October 13, 2010, 17:02

Quote from: Weston grower on October 13, 2010, 15:41

Hi all,

I've been reading your posts and stealing your knowledge for the past year. Thought it about time I joined in.

Having read various posts about enviromesh versus debris netting I did some looking around at costs. Found that enviromesh was about 2 to 3 times as expensive as deb net.

So I've bought 50 metre roll @ 3 metres wide for about 80p / metre. I'll cut off what I want and sell the rest to anyone on the allotment that wants some. If I'd bought the amount I need, about 15 metres, it would have been about 150p / metre.

So hopefully my brassicas wont look like lace doilies next year and I've saved myself some money!!

Lets hope that the weather is less challenging next year:)

please remember though that we do not allow buying or selling on this forum, so hopefully any excess you may have can be rehomed to people you already know  :)

Title: Re: Debris netting
Post by: DD. on October 13, 2010, 17:08

To be fair, Joy, he did say this!  :lol:

Quote from: Weston grower on October 13, 2010, 15:41

I'll cut off what I want and sell the rest to anyone on the allotment that wants some.

Title: Re: Debris netting
Post by: Weston grower on October 13, 2010, 17:15

Will try to get a meaningfull pic and post it.

Sorry if it looked as if I was tryng to sell online. I'm not. Its just for the folks on my allotments.

Title: Re: Debris netting
Post by: viettaclark on October 13, 2010, 20:10

I bought the same stuff and have swapped the spare for odd jobs I can't manage. Only prob with debris netting is the rows of edging holes which are big enough for a flutterby to get through with wings folded. (I know from experience!)
Spent a couple of evenings back in the Spring sewing them up with nylon wool.......(Sad....but definitely worked!))