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mrutty



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 05 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yes I do as a fox rolled around into and made it all muddy

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alison
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 05 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oh

Sarah D



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 05 1:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It should be washed anyway, for mudsplashes, etc.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 05 9:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

As people often grow crops full time under fleece (stops flea beetle for one) I would have thought it needs to be clean to let as much light through.

Have people done this here and are the results good? We have suffered from cabbage root fly this year and caterpillars over the last few so I'm thinking of fleece or fine netting.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 05 11:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I grow my carrots under fleece and have no problems

Tristan



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Down herefleece works against all the creepy-crawlies ( except burrowing slugs, but has to be on early. The flea beetle eggs overwinter in the soil, so a fresh patch is a good idea

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Tristan wrote:
The flea beetle eggs overwinter in the soil, so a fresh patch is a good idea




Well we do have a three year rotation so we'll have to see how it goes.

We've just had the offer of some plain net curtains. No one needs them for curtains as they are old. I'll probably give them a try in place of fleece this year. Anyone tried it?

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Do net curtains work, I have a huge ammount of them from the hotel.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If no one's tried it I'll let you know at the end of summer. I think they will at least keep the cabbage white off (the hens do a reasonable job eating them, but then they go for the cabbages themselves ).

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I had hens digging up potatoes last year, as quick as I was putting them in. Clipped the wings in the end!

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

alison wrote:
I had hens digging up potatoes last year, as quick as I was putting them in. Clipped the wings in the end!


Ours did 'help' lift some when the potatoes were ready to be lifted. There are much easier to control though. The hens are actually very good apart from the strawberries.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mine also got the rhubarb, when the covers blew off one very windy night.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

alison wrote:
Do net curtains work, I have a huge ammount of them from the hotel.


Yes, as long as they aren't the lacy type with holes about 3mm in!
Otherwise, great way to recycle them.

Tristan

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I use net curtains for brassicas (keeps the butterflies off) and over the currant bushes; you have to watch them on windy days, though, and make sure no birds get caught in them. Make sure they are long enough to cover the plant/bush adequately. Take care when removing from fruit bushes as they can get caught easily and snap the branches if you're not careful. Mine get washed and put away at the end of the summer ready for the next year. My friend has a cherry tree for which she made long tubes from large net curtains and she slips these over the branches to prevent the birds from getting the cherries. Looks extremely odd, but seems to work.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 05 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sarah D wrote:
My friend has a cherry tree for which she made long tubes from large net curtains and she slips these over the branches to prevent the birds from getting the cherries. Looks extremely odd, but seems to work.


I read you can do it with stockings, which must look even odder...... or you can buy a cherry tree cage from Harrod horticultural for £300. hmmmmmm - decisions, descisions

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