[amiman]

Has anybody used Enviromesh I am thinking of using it on my plot for cabbages and lettuce.

With the mesh being so fine just wondering how good water/rain and sunlight will pass through it.
Intention is to make wooden frames and staple mesh to it on my raised beds.

[Christine]

I use it over the tubs where I grow carrots to keep the carrot fly away, works for that.

[Plot 1 Problems]

I use it over my leeks to keep the alium leaf miner out. Let's through plenty of sunshine and rainwater.

[mumofstig]

I use it over my leeks to keep the allium leaf miner out. Let's through plenty of sunshine and rainwater.

Same here 

[snowdrops]

Hi I’ve used it for years for carrots & parsnips against the dreaded root fly, & I now use it for all of the alliums against the allium leaf minor. For brassicas I used to use debris netting until I realised in 2018 that I had not only stopped the cabbage whites, which was my intention, but I’d stopped the lady birds & hover flies etc that might have feasted on the mealybugs that I had an infestation of. I had been going to purchase enviromesh for the start of 2019 but with that in mind I decided to go with butterfly netting.

[rowlandwells]

we have started to use enviromesh in preference to the blue insect netting as its much finer and as said it keeps the bugs out I don't know how long its supposed to last because as I said we have only just stared to use it but the blue netting has been on all winter and still looks ok

what I can't understand is that I sowed some spring onions back in the autumn in a raised bed and they where doing fine till about a week ago then  all the tops look as if there  been eaten I suspect it could  be slugs because that bed has blue insect netting secured round it 

[Mr Dog]

Unless you've already bought your mesh have look the big online retailer who shares a name with a river. You can get generic (less expensive) versions from them.

[greenjay]

have used enviromesh over all my brassicas for several years supported by blue pipes. I have secured two edges to timbers and roll up to keep tight over different sized beds the end I bunch up. seems to be lasting well so far.

[amiman]

Thanks for all the answers sounds good I will get some on order

[ConfusedOfEastCheam]

Unless you've already bought your mesh have look the big online retailer who shares a name with a river. You can get generic (less expensive) versions from them.

I have just noticed that the big online retailer you mention is charging more than another on line search  despite selling the same product!  Well worth shopping around.

[AnneB]

I found that Amazon was also not the cheapest when I bought mine several years ago.

I got mine from Gardening Naturally.  The service and price was good and the product is lasting well.

I don't think we are banned from mentioning companies by name provided we are factual and or posts represent our own experience.

[wolveryeti]

Wilko do a rip off called defender mesh which is cheap and pretty good in my view.

[Gleavo]

Yep carrots, leeks mainly - lasts for years if you treat it right.

Gave up on pak choi because it always ended up like swiss cheese - that's the only time environmesh didn't work for me - suspect it was some little beasties already in/on the ground.

The girl on the plot opposite uses Primark net curtains and swears they are as effective 

[mumofstig]

The girl on the plot opposite uses Primark net curtains and swears they are as effective 

I used to get them from the charity shop to use on the plot, but they tend to rip if it is windy, but mine's a very exposed site.