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Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 7:28 pm Post subject: Prevention of brassica massacre: I'm thinking of getting...
...one of these: https://www.walk-inwonderwall.co.uk/index.html Pound for pound they are much better value than individual fleece/mesh covers.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 7:53 pm Post subject:
Do they need hoovering?

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Fri Dec 31, 10 9:38 pm Post subject:
or hemming? sorry MJ. I only wish I were so tidy, really.

LynneA

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 4893
Location: London N21

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 8:11 am Post subject:
Like the idea that tea making time is included in the construction calculations. But have the manufacturers allowed for Welsh weather?

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 9:44 am Post subject:

LynneA wrote:

But have the manufacturers allowed for Welsh weather?

Probably not...although they are now being used out in the Falkland Islands

Don't worry Lynne - it will be *well anchored* for wild, windy, woolly west Wales

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 10:18 am Post subject:
Sadly it won't protect against the mice who have scoffed all the brussels in one of my beds

Vanessa

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 8324

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 10:33 am Post subject:
How easy would it be to move for next year?

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 10:55 am Post subject:

Vanessa wrote:

How easy would it be to move for *next year*?

According to the blurb, you can take it down and store it, then if you need to, reduce it in size next year.

I've ordered one...

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 12:17 pm Post subject:
I've seen the industrial equivelant used in Holland, covering hectares. They used them to keep the wind off the plants, especially in coastal regions. They drove tractors in theirs, so you should have plenty of room to hoover!

LynneA

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 4893
Location: London N21

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 12:24 pm Post subject:
Will probably need a new hoover as well. Suspect the reason for MJ's recent absence was she was cleaning and polishing the refurbed chimney & flue

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 2:45 pm Post subject:
That looks rather good. Can you let me know how you get on with it, especially in winds!

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 3:04 pm Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

Can you let me know how you get on with it, especially in winds!

I certainly will. In fact I'll post something on here for general comsumption if you like?

Faithmead

Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 1228
Location: Carmarthenshire/Pembrokeshire border

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 5:19 pm Post subject:
I've got my eye on one of those too. Sick to death of bloomin cabbage white butterflies slaughtering everything and thought that sounded like it would be just the job.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9717
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 5:36 pm Post subject:
i suspect we would need PP just as much as for a polytunnel... so a no go for us

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 11 5:45 pm Post subject:

Faithmead wrote:

I've got my eye on one of those too. Sick to death of bloomin cabbage white butterflies slaughtering everything and thought that sounded like it would be just the job.

The mesh really does work Faithmead. Tahir very kindly sent me a few lengths of his mesh to 'speriment with some time ago. This last year I cobbled them together into a sort of covers (not terribly well) for three of my raised beds and the brassicas were fab. In fact we're still cropping curly kale. I'd like to cover 5 of my beds this year because we eat a lot of brassica veg - so when I saw this net tunnel I thought *just the job*

I rather like the idea that you can take it down to store...and then make it shorter the following year if you want to.

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