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Scaffold netting?

JacksGardenJacksGarden Posts: 36
in Fruit & veg
I hadn't to create a large netted cage for growing brassicas in. Is this the stuff you need? Does it matter that it's "shading"? 

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Gardener of a driveway pot garden - flowers one side, veg the other and a car in the middle. I am so looking forward to the day we can move into a house with a bigger garden.

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  • Mrs-B3-Southampton,-HantsMrs-B3-Southampton,-Hants Posts: 732
    @JacksGarden I don't grow veg but I do know that whatever you use, it must in no way touch the leaves.
    Southampton 
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    It wouldn't be my first option, as you say, it will cut out a bit of light, but it is better than nothing at all.  Make sure you give your plants a quick check before putting the netting on, to make sure there are no eggs/caterpillars already on the plants.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I bought that and made big cages,  doesn’t seem to cut light,  everything was ok,  don’t let it touch the plants of the cabbage white will sit on it and lay her eggs through. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • scrogginscroggin Posts: 437
    @JacksGarden, I've used this type of netting for years, it's also called debris netting, but it's exactly the same. It's great for crop protection and very tough so lasts for years.
  • barry islandbarry island Posts: 1,847
    You might find that there are slots/slits sewn into the netting these should be closed up in some way or the butterflies may get in.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I overlapped it and sowed homeward bouncers up the sides of it. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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