Skeletal brassicas

 We have kale and broccoli under net cages and still have significant
problems with cabbage white and flea beetle. On net has a finer mesh and
seems to protect the plants much better. We are not using chemicals.

I am unable to find anyone who sells a fine meshed net.

Any ideas or online shops to solve this problem?

Thank you
--
John Hall

 John Hall wrote:
: We have kale and broccoli under net cages and still have significant
: problems with cabbage white and flea beetle. On net has a finer mesh
: and seems to protect the plants much better. We are not using
: chemicals.
:
: I am unable to find anyone who sells a fine meshed net.
:
: Any ideas or online shops to solve this problem?
:
: Thank you

Yes, I have bought fine mesh nets inline from Ken Muir this year but they
are not cheap

http://www.kenmuir.co.uk/shopFrame.htm

The best nets I have though are ones I bought by post from somewhere in
Scotland. They were advertised in Garden News as 'Ex fishing net'. May still
be advertised there for all I know


Robert The Devil's Advocate robert29@btinternet.com www.pafc.co.uk

 Have you thought of using light weight fleece?

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

 

'Enviromesh' too fine for you? Try LBS - can't remember the URL atm.
I think you could manage without. We grow our young brassicas in plug trays -
this gets the plants big enough to
avoid fleabeetle damage. We handpick caterpillars on quite a large scale - like
300 sq metres and it's not a huge
job once you get your eye in and catch 'em young.

Rod