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    Have planted our brassicas over the weekend under a tunnel covered with debris netting, how have people covered the holes that run the length of the netting? I have two rows of holes to cover, or have you just left them?


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  • #2
    I tied mine up as best as possible with fishing wire.
    He-Pep!

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    • #3
      I didn't want to take any chances so I sown mine up.
      Location....East Midlands.

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      • #4
        I've sown some too, although I did cheat with one lot and use clothes pegs to clip them together... worked OK until it got windy and the pegs popped open. I've seen others using string or something drawn through the holes too, it seems to work well, but if you're going to use it regularly I'd sew it.
        sigpicGardening in France rocks!

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        • #5
          personally I leave the holes and have had no problems so far
          (I just know i'm going to regret posting that)
          don't be afraid to innovate and try new things
          remember.........only the dead fish go with the flow

          Another certified member of the Nutters club

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          • #6
            We looked at the managers brassica cage and found a butterfly had laid eggs on the outside of the debris netting right above his sprouts the eggs hatched and worked their way through the mesh and fell onto the plants below, it will keep the majority off but not completely foolproof

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            • #7
              I always sew mine,put the machine on the biggest stitch,you need to hold the fabric taught as you go,or the stitching will crack,the other thing to notice when using the net is,what ever your prefered way of holding the net in place is,make double sure nothing can get under it,best of luck,
              sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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              • #8
                Thanks, looks like I'll have to get sowing then!


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Cr071 View Post
                  Thanks, looks like I'll have to get sowing then!


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                  Best get some sewing done while you're at it...................
                  sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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                  • #10
                    I left the holes in the debris netting unstitched last year and no butterflies got in at all. It was my first year though, so I might just have been lucky!
                    My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
                    Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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                    • #11
                      We sew ours, using fishing line and blanket stitch knotted on each stitch. Takes ages but worth it in the long run. (wish we had a sewing machine..)
                      Location ... Nottingham

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