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Posted by MuddyMeldrew (U6844617) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
Okay everyone, here's possibly a really stupid question you'll have to forgive but I've got a seriously pooey cold and my brain isn't working.
Next season I want to make a metre or so high frame and lid to go around and over my brassicas. Pigeons as well as insect pests are a real nuisance. If you were doing so, would you cover it with enviromesh or fleece?
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Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Thursday, 3rd November 2011
Personally I would go for the mesh. I think it is much stronger and where possibly the fleece would tear, the mesh will hold together. But that's only my sixpennorth.
I would go to a garden centre and have a surruptitious ! tug. Cheers, Tony.
I would go to a garden centre and have a surruptitious ! tug. Cheers, Tony.Â
Tony.
You could get arrested for doing that in public.
Mesh.
One is mesh the other is spun!
Can't remember which one is which by name.
But when you see them together it is chalk & cheese
Go for the mesh, the spun one tears too easily!
Thanks everyone. Mesh it is then.
Hi Muddy,
I have used both and whereas I have to chuck the rather holey (sometimes disintegrated) fleece in the bin my enviromesh is still spanky and new! (it will last 10 yaers I was assured!?
I do admittedly buy my fleece in the pound shop so it may be a case of you get what you pay for but I'd still recommend the mesh. Looking at it, it would let water penetrate easier too.
All the best
Here are my Brussel Sprouts grown under enviromesh. The difference is weight, so when I get the young plants in, I push small sticks into the ground with drink cans as cane tops. This stops the mesh smothering the plants when small, as they establish they push the mesh up on their own accord.
Getting the soil right for Brussels is not easy, this first variety is Bosworth as recommended by an RHS magazine article and you would think I had it exactly right?
Alas here is Bedford Fillbasket a traditional variety, the jargon is 'blown'.
I also grow Trafalgar which is a good late season variety and being a modern variety stays tight.
I have recently returned to growing my own veg after a 30yr break, and I have just finished constructing 4 raised beds, which will be put to use in the spring. I have just spent a lot of money on enough Enviromesh to cover all four. It came yesterday morning and looks sturdy enough. I have Pidgeons, Magpies, Squirrels & about 3 or 4 Cats to deal with, so I hope this will withstand any 'probing'. But, I am also looking at deterrents to keep the Squirrel & Cats away, as the mesh is not cheap, and I do wonder if it will tear. I hope that helps.
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Posted by Don Kidick (U13987773) on Thursday, 10th November 2011
I have recently returned to growing my own veg after a 30yr break, and I have just finished constructing 4 raised beds, which will be put to use in the spring. I have just spent a lot of money on enough Enviromesh to cover all four. It came yesterday morning and looks sturdy enough. I have Pidgeons, Magpies, Squirrels & about 3 or 4 Cats to deal with, so I hope this will withstand any 'probing'. But, I am also looking at deterrents to keep the Squirrel & Cats away, as the mesh is not cheap, and I do wonder if it will tear. I hope that helps. Â I find the best deterrent for Cats and Squirrels is a shotgun.
Hi Don, a friend of mine also thinks the same way as you, except the problem with that (good) idea is that two of the annoying cats live next door, and their owner is a copper. Other avenue's to explore me thinks.
Enviromesh is really difficult to tear; on the other hand it might be easier to 'pull up' if the beggars push hard enough. Our rabbits certainly could. We eventually had to fence the whole plot with wire, dug in properly. What a fun (& expensive) job!
Lottie
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Posted by peter stringer (U15015668) on Thursday, 8th December 2011
Enviromesh evertime!! bury the edges as well as pegging it down. It is a bit of a pain taking it off to weed and feed. Mine is now 3years old . Rabbits however need the full works fine wiremesh buried to the correct depth the right height and stout posts. Be carefull of the width fo enviromesh you buy as you need a lot of height for puple sprouting and brussels . I also use beer cans on sticks to support netting, drinking enough beer to have enough cans taxes my commitment to gardening.
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