Hi Mickeal, a lot of allotment gardeners use plastic plumbing pipe to create arches over the crop, you can lay your net over it and it makes a great tunnel I would have uploaded a picture, but its not playing ball?
We have had a brassica cage for two years now and a fine mesh does keep out the cabbage whites. My other half made the frame from Harrods poles etc but it has sunk into the ground this year. Means I have to bend all the time - rather tiring. We also grow our sweetcorn hidden in the middle to discourage local badgers from attacking and stripping our lovely cobs before we can get to them.
The first year we had our allotment the badgers took 15 of the 16 cobs we were planning to harvest!
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Hi Mickeal, a lot of allotment gardeners use plastic plumbing pipe to create arches over the crop, you can lay your net over it and it makes a great tunnel
I would have uploaded a picture, but its not playing ball?
Gina used to be in construction still got pals working so I'll get one of the boys to drop a coil off for me thanks. Mike
Many thanks to all for the info, amazing the reaction to keeping that butterfly at bay, also special thanks to Bob the gardener ref mesh size...
We have had a brassica cage for two years now and a fine mesh does keep out the cabbage whites. My other half made the frame from Harrods poles etc but it has sunk into the ground this year. Means I have to bend all the time - rather tiring. We also grow our sweetcorn hidden in the middle to discourage local badgers from attacking and stripping our lovely cobs before we can get to them.
The first year we had our allotment the badgers took 15 of the 16 cobs we were planning to harvest!
Kind of them to leave you one
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.