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How to join section of netting to make one large net?
January Man
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Hi all
I recently bought a large roll of scaffold debris netting to help protect my brassicas and berries. It's only 2m wide and so two, three, or maybe even four sections will need to be fixed together to form nets large enough to cover the areas.
I'm hoping to do this once now and then re-use the nets each year.
The only thing to have sprung to mind so far is stitching. If that is to be the best method, what kind of thread would be best?
Or are there other easier and quicker options?
Many thanks
Max
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Just a thought Max, but fishing line may do the trick unless you have a staple gun and some stainless steel staples
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Small cable ties work well - I use 100 x 2.5mm (pack of 100 costs about 70p.) The problem with stitching is that you need to keep tieing it off.
I'm with Bobthegardener cable ties would work just fine.
Cable ties are cheap and they work but a lil word of warming, do not use the white ones as they are affected by UV light and they become brittle and break after only a year... You could try rot proof twine and just thread it in an out.. There is a knot fishermen use for mending nets..But I do not know which one it is..So Black cable ties yep..I'd go for that easier to locate and fix..
Last edited: 22 August 2016 21:33:50
I think cable ties might be my easiest option. Great idea!
BobTheGardener - where do you pick them up from at that price?
Also, for those who have used cable ties successfully....
1. At what kind of interval spacing do you use them?
2. Do you literally join the ends of the sheets of netting, or do you create and overlap and then put the ties through both sheets?
3. One more thing... The debris netting I have is 2m wide. Along the middle of it at the 1m point, there is a join which creates a wider gaps. Not sure yet whether the gaps will be large enough for butterflies to get through, but was a bit annoyed to see it. Does all debris netting have such gaps?
Huge thanks as ever for all the great help and kindness. Really appreciate it.
Hi Max, got mine from screwix which is handy if you have a local one but googling "100 x 2.5mm cable ties" gets them cheaper (watch the delivery charges though!)
I overlapped the sections of netting by about 2" as you can use fewer ties that way.
As far as butterflys getting in goes, they will find any holes large enough (commercial butterfly netting has holes of 7mm or less) - I've watched them fly around and around every section of my nets looking for a way in! They'll also lay eggs through the netting if any brassica leaves are touching it.