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  • From: Karen Sutherland & Roots Farm <rootsfarm AT marpin.dm>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] bird netting & Hortonova
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:31:44 -0400

Title: Karen Sutherland
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

rootsfarm AT protoscape.com

 

 

 




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