Enviromesh

[Holly Daze]

Hi all. Has anyone used Enviromesh on their veggie crops, and if so, what do you think of it. Any tips please. Cheers.

[ameno]

Fine mesh like that is excellent for keep small insects off your crops, at least as long as you secure it properly all the way around (leave any gaps and they'll get in).

The downside is that it's pretty expensive. To mitigate this, I would recommend two things.
One, only use fine insect mesh for crops which need to have very small insects kept off them, like carrot fly, allium leaf miner, or flea beetle. For other crops which only need larger insects kept off them (like cabbage butterflies, cabbage root fly, or moths) you can instead use scaffold netting. It has a wider weave so is no good for the very small insects, but is much cheaper.
The second recommendation is don't buy actual Enviromesh. Get some non-brand stuff, as it's cheaper and just as good. I got mine imported from China, and it was half the price (including postage), and is just as strong (dangerously strong, if anything. I made the mistake is trying to snap a stray thread by hand and gave myself a nasty cut).

[Jungle Jane]

I’ve got a bit of environmesh & also bought some net curtain offcuts they had cheap in the curtain shop,very similar items but very different price.

[Holly Daze]

Thanks guys. Watch this space. Will get some and update you on results. Just a thought. I guess it shouldn’t be used when pollinators are needed.

[Mr Bones]

I guess it shouldn’t be used when pollinators are needed.

Fine mesh will keep pollinators out. Whatever you buy it's worth checking if it's UV stable otherwise it could break down within a few years.

[ameno]

Thanks guys. Watch this space. Will get some and update you on results. Just a thought. I guess it shouldn’t be used when pollinators are needed.

It will keep pollinators out, however I'm struggling to think of any crops you'd want to use mesh for where that would actually be an issue.
The only flowering crop I can think of of the top of my head which might need mesh is peas (for pea moth), but peas are entirely self-setting and do not require insect pollinators at all, so there's no issue with keeping them covered.

[Jungle Jane]

There’s a tomato moth too. Tomatoes & peppers are attractive to the brown line bright eye moth,a couple of years ago my tomato leaf had eggs on,turned into loads of tiny caterpillars. I’ve never covered with netting tho,you can see the little holes in the leaf as a warning.

[bikermike]

I use enviromesh. It works and seems to last (except for one piece that haa holes in it that I think are from a careless bonfire in the next plot).