Plant spacing

[Spunky]

Hello all say I'm growing a cabbage at 450mm spacing how far do you keep them from the insect netting?

[Mark Lottie]

just make sure the cabbages dont touch the net once they are grown. So i'd say at most the net should be 225mm from the cabbages near the net.

[arpoet]

450mm? 225mm? how much is that in old money?

[Jungle Jane]

Maybe 45cm,if that's how much space the plant needs maybe a little bit extra? Imagine the net is another cabbage,they might touch. If the leaves do end up touching the net could you double net the cabbage or make a shield for it?

[Spunky]

this is what I'm trying to get my head around Jane if it's 450mm spacing the 2 plants would need 225mm each to touch leaves?
So in theory the whole plants diameter could be roughly 450mm ........basically if I left 300mm from the netting do you think I'd be ok?

[Penellype]

450mm? 225mm? how much is that in old money?

1 inch is roughly 25mm so 225mm is about 9 inches and 450mm is roughly 18 inches. I don't bother dividing by 25 though, I just look at my tape measure

[Jungle Jane]

300mm is fine if the plant stays within that area of growth,some plants grow bigger than suggested on the packet. I'd make maximum space,but I have suffered with cabbage White butterflies,managing to reach the leaves with their long egg laying tail thing they have.