what are people netting.

[cupcake]

All my chard, pak choi, cav nero and lettuces are in net cages put together by OH. Very successful so far.

[kingkano]

Couple of calabrese plants with enviromesh. Nothing else netted here. Lost a few strawberries to birds/squrrels but so far no other trouble. Only just seen my first cabbage white and a few eggs so maybe I will net any new brassicas.

[Two_Sheds]

I've got peas at home in perfect condition, no nets required. Pea moth hasn't found them, nor have the sparrows

The lotty is a different matter - there are so many pests up there that virtually everything is netted

[BarleySugar]

I bought an offcut of wondermesh this year new from their website. The kale and sprouts were under netting to stop the birds eating them as my original cabbage were decimated. I've now replaced it with the wondermesh, which is supposed to stop just about everything, just in time as I saw cabbage whites fluttering over the site at the weekend. With careful measuring I have enough to cover 2 large beds (4m by 1.2m) and 4 smaller ones (3m by 1.2m), taking into consideration the projected height of the crops. I intend to cover carrots, onions (both in the same bed at the moment as companion planting) and the replacement cabbages. Next year I will cover things earlier.
The cost was quite high, 3.6m by 20m came to £106, but I worked it out at £17.60 per bed, it's supposed to last 10 years, so £1.76 per bed per year. I think I will recoup the cost, and also I won't find boiled caterpillars in the saucepan as I serve dinner (well as I steam veg these days I wouldn't anyway, but you get the picture).
The wondermesh isn't for stuff that needs pollinating, so I've the ordinary netting to protect the soft fruit.

[plymouthred]

Poundland normally have 2 types of netting for (guess how much?)

Emmmm now you have foxed me

Thanks for that I will pop down tomorrow and have a gander.......for my 1m x 1m x 45cm raised beds I got quoted just shy of forty quid by Harrods Horts

[Dynamo]

I netted my brassica's last year and it kept out the pigeons and cabbage whites. This year I'll do that again, plus I'll get some fine netting for my carrots. I don't bother netting my peas or strawberries because they rarely get attacked by anything. I only lose the occasional strawberry, and I think thats from mice anyway.

We have problems with pigeons on our allotments, but other birds are very rare. In fact I put a bird table up a couple of years ago and placed a couple of full bird feeders on it, and six months later they were still pretty full of seeds.

[rustylady]

PlymouthRed, what sort of net do you need. What are you netting against?

[plymouthred]

PlymouthRed, what sort of net do you need. What are you netting against?

I am putting up three raised bed in my garden (Newbie) and we have a fair amount of wood pigeons that visit the garden but as I haven't grown anything before just edging my bets?

[jdlondon]

I was thinking of netting the balcony opening instead of my plants - ie, the open space above the glass and metal barrier. Hooking it to the ceiling, the rails, and to either side. I'll have to get over my fear of heights to get on the step ladder so close, but it seems a more convenient thing to do.

Any thoughts, yay or nay?

[binley100]

Sounds ok if you're brave enough ......unless you grow stuff that needs a pollinator....

[snakeshack]

I net all my brassicas and my strawbs with scaffold netting

[RedThorn]

I had to net everything! One hen in particular had the nickname Houdini as she usually found ways around almost everything

[Ananke]

Snakeshack, do you lift the netting from your strawbs for polination?

[Tripmeup]

Netted all my brassicas and covered my carrots with fleece last year..Everything else left uncovered, with minimal damage....includes onions, turnips, various salads, radish, chard, pak choi, peas, etc

[Bren In Pots]

I have nets around all my beds to keep cats off it works but it does make the garden look messy