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Post by bunkie on Apr 7, 2009 12:31:32 GMT -5
i'm looking into some cloth to cover our cole crops this year to prevent aphids in the broccoli and cabbage worms in the cabbage, etc... i have been reading about Enviromesh and it looks lighter than the Agribon cloth. also, i think they are made differently...one spun cloth and one spun not metal, but something similar.
i see the Enviromesh is mostly sold in the UK, nowhere here in the states. all i've read on the blogs are good things about this material. does anyone have any knowledge they can impart about it? thanks!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 7, 2009 14:55:18 GMT -5
ohoh, Bunkie we have to stop chatting with those Brits or we're going to need a boatload of supplies sent over and if you think postage is bad in N. America, well, let's not even consider what happens from England.....
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Post by bunkie on Apr 7, 2009 14:59:44 GMT -5
hahaha blue! but did you see the pics of the enviromesh? it looks so light and airy! ;D
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Post by grunt on Apr 8, 2009 3:02:25 GMT -5
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Post by grunt on Apr 8, 2009 3:23:26 GMT -5
Should have added in the last post that if Agribon is the stuff we call Remay, you won't get more than a season out of it, as it breaks down from UV exposure. Apparently the company that makes it (Agribon, what else?) has another product that will be similar to the Enviromesh, but I can't find out anything about it because that part of their web site www.agribon.com/INGLES/index_ing1.htm is under construction. |
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Post by bunkie on Apr 8, 2009 17:35:00 GMT -5
right val, that's the info i read about the enviromesh. you'd think that it being on the market for 15 years, the states would've picked it up by now to sell here?! i wrote the company and they won't sell to the states.
i'll have to look into the site, or write them, the agribon site.
val, have you used this enviromesh? if not, what have you used for the aphids? i get so tired of carrying a bucket of soapy water around with a hose!!! ;D
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Post by grunt on Apr 9, 2009 3:48:53 GMT -5
Bunkie: We've never had an aphid problem in the garden, only on a couple of the larger trees. Our neighbor Alex uses Remay (the version of Agribon that Lee Valley sells) on his cabbages and cauliflower (for moths). It comes in several different weights, and I would tend to go for the heavier versions for durability. It tears extremely easily once the sun has gotten at it for a while, despite it supposedly being UV resistant.
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