Wonderwall pollination

[Goe555]

Hi all,
I'm new to this site so excuse me if I ask the obvious.
I just ordered a 6mtr wonderwall for my plot. A couple of fellow plot men have them and they seem ideal for purpose, plus it felt a little warmer than outside on a cool day. (Perhaps thats just me getting excited about having one).

One thing sprang to mind-wife's actually, how do bees, hover flies, get in to do their good work? Anyone else had this thought?

[veggiechicken]

Hello Goe and welcome.
I don't have a wonderwall so am only speculating that insects wouldn't/shouldn't be able to get in. So its good for keeping out pests like cabbage white butterflies but anything that needed pollinating (fruit, beans etc) you would have to do yourself.

[Bigmallly]

Hello Goe & welcome to the vine. If I was to buy one, it would be to grow Brassicas which don't need pollinating.

[arpoet]

Welcome from me too.
I have been thinking about a veg cage and do like the look and sound of this.
Like bigmal says, I would use it for crops that don't need bees, etc.
I would worry about wind and snow damage.

[MarkHackwell]

I think they are usually used for vegetables that don't require pollinating such as Brassicas, Carrots and Parsnips I have been thinking about getting one for my plot to put my Brassicas in but its the price that puts me off Unless anyone wants to buy me one of course? nope? oooh well maybe will get one next year :P Let us know how it goes

[Kristen]

its the price that puts me off

I use scaffolders debris netting (which you might be able to blag off a building site when the job finishes, it is often thrown away) and some hoops made out of blue MDPE water pipe - but canes with balls on the top, or similar, would do.

Pictures of my 9-year-old constructing it :

Brassica Netting – against Cabbage White Butterfly | K's Garden

Only downside is the maximum height that can be achieved (3M wide across a 4' bed gives about 3' / 90cm clearance, which is "tight" towards the end of the season, and cabbage white may lay eggs through the netting. Having said that I get almost no intruders ...

[Bigmallly]

As Kristen says: Make yer own.

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...oor_78729.html