Scarlet
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Does anyone use it? That plastic square stuff.
I got myself some jute netting once and it only lasted one season and cost a fortune.
I need to use the nets to keep my flowers straight. Just planted up some foxgloves and some campanula.
For the dahlias I have used old poultry netting ( some squares are a bit small but I can keep reusing it so that's good for me.
I need mine at least 1.5 metres wide...my beds are 14 & 30ish foot long - any idea where I can get some at a decent price.
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To be honest Scarlet, the netting I use is all begged from building sites. They're building a new massive unit at work and I went to speak to the guys working on site and they pointed me to both fine blue netting and bigger netting - the orange square holes. I grabbed a bootful.
That's the first time in about five years I've had to do that - the netting I had on the allotment before I moved got nicked before I could clear my plot, but I'd had that for probably five years now.
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I use this stuff for peas, it's very strong. Had it for 3 years and think it will last for a long time.
https://www.easynets.co.uk/product/pea-b...s-netting/
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I use commercial fishing net/ crab pot netting that I find washed up on the beach for my peas.
I hate that plastic stuff. It doesn’t last very long , it breaks really easily. It horrible.
Builder that would like to go play in the garden.
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(28-08-2022, 09:30 PM)Small chilli Wrote: I use commercial fishing net/ crab pot netting that I find washed up on the beach for my peas.
I hate that plastic stuff. It doesn’t last very long , it breaks really easily. It horrible. Yes...that's why I bought the jute netting but it's expensive and doesn't last. I don't want to buy new every year.
I have used two 50 metre electric fences... they are B perfect, strong, can use more than once and I'm repurposing something I already used for years.
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(28-08-2022, 08:59 PM)toomanytommytoes Wrote: I use this stuff for peas, it's very strong. Had it for 3 years and think it will last for a long time.
https://www.easynets.co.uk/product/pea-b...s-netting/ Thank you very much!
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(28-08-2022, 08:59 PM)toomanytommytoes Wrote: I use this stuff for peas, it's very strong. Had it for 3 years and think it will last for a long time.
https://www.easynets.co.uk/product/pea-b...s-netting/ Think you - they also do a "fence" that comes in 20metre lengths- I think it looks the same stuff but in yellow... I'm goi g to get a couple of those I think.
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(28-08-2022, 08:59 PM)toomanytommytoes Wrote: I use this stuff for peas, it's very strong. Had it for 3 years and think it will last for a long time.
https://www.easynets.co.uk/product/pea-b...s-netting/
I've got the same netting mine just had its second year, it doesn't tangle like plastic netting so its easy to pack away and reuse.
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29-08-2022, 03:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-08-2022, 03:05 PM by JJB.)
I've used the green mesh like Bren's nd TMTT vertically for a couple of years for peas and beans, it's manageable and robust and is definitely reusable.
Gardening is an excuse not to do housework
Greetings from Salisbury
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I use square mesh wire netting. Had it for years and it works fine. I use metal tension bars for chain link fencing to support it.
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