[Market-farming] bird netting & Hortonova
Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm
rootsfarm at marpin.dm
Tue Jul 17 16:31:44 EDT 2007
Can anyone recommend a good source for bird netting? I need no bigger
than 1/2-3/4" openings as we have some teeny bird pests and hopefully, a
net that is wider than 12-14' and long. I've tried various plastic
nettings but they don't hold up under our sun, whereas an old nylon
fruit tree net that I used to cover plum and blueberries 10+ years in
Mass. is still going strong after 5+ years use in tropical conditions
(except for the places where I had to cut the net to free trapped (and
very hostile) boas). I believe I had purchased that net from
Mellinger's which seems to be out of the INet business. Without netting
here it is impossible to bring in a crop of most any fruit, including
tomatoes, peppers, papaya, oranges, etc.
I have used Hortonova here for trellising, but again it doesn't last
much more than a season, whereas the nylon trellis nettings just keep on
going and are strong enough to support massive bean vines, cukes,
tomatoes, etc.
Thanks and Best wishes to all,
Karen
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Karen Sutherland
Roots Farm
Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs
Cockrane, Dominica
767-449-3038
rootsfarm at marpin.dm <mailto:rootsfarm at marpin.dm>
rootsfarm at protoscape.com <mailto:rootsfarm at protoscape.com>
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