shade/windbreak netting for carrot fly?

[greendean]

good evening folks, hope you've had a good day on the plot

i have been given some shade netting (it is actually from a scaffolders to prevent debris etc from falling but looks the same thing)

it's quite windy were we are so it will work well for that but i was thinking of using it for protecting crops against birds etc and for carrot fly

questions

1.will the shading properties effect the growth of plants?
2. will it work for carrot fly or is the mesh too small

thanks

[Emmylou]

Shouldn't affect growth of plants............is mesh small enough rather than too small??
Don't you ahve to put up a little sort of fleece "fence" round the carrots to stop the carrot fly??

[Alan Farmer]

Best deterrent for carrot rootfly is Wondermesh or enviromesh, and a raised bed helps too, as well as using 'Resistafly' type carrots. Don;t move the mesh in daytime, especially during May.

[Two_Sheds]

Sorry Alan, Resistafly carrots are poop. (look in my photo album).

I use debris netting on everything now ... the carrots underneath it were really good, first time ever I had a decent crop. All brassicas go under it too, and this year so will my leeks cos they always get leek moth.

eBay ... 3m width is more useful than 2m width. Get lots of cheap tent pegs to hold it down (pay about 10p each).

[Hazel at the Hill]

.... Get lots of cheap tent pegs to hold it down (pay about 10p each).

...or if you don't have a handy camping shop, fleece/netting pegs from Wilko - 10 for 99p

[Reks]

just wondering if one can use long screws to hold the netting down, instead of tent pegs?

[greendean]

thanks two sheds and hazel

i shall unpack my tent and rob the pegs for now