Novice gardener - Netting my vegetable

[Ladyhawk]

Hello all

I am a novice gardener and I have been trying how to decide how to protect my Brassicas. I have seen comments about using debris/scaffolding netting which I quite like to look off. I am currently trying to decide on the width I should purchase.

I am aware of the need to make sure the netting does not touch the plants otherwise the butterflys can lay the eggs directly onto the leaves (and thus cause disaster!) so I want to ensure my height for my tunnel is tall enough.

I can't seem to find out how tall my veg will grow too to enable me to work out my height. Maybe it is on the seed packet but I don't have them to hand as currently at work and want to order my stuff today. The netting comes in 2m or 3m widths. What are people's opinion?

I am also about to get some of the blue water pipe, anyone know if the currently cheapest place to get it?

Regards

L

[calculad]

Everyone on our allotment uses this stuff obtainable on ebay.
It's fine enough to keep of butterflies, has good UV resistance and
lasts well in the sun and is a nice 4m width which allows a good clearance height for the tallest brassicas (probably sprouts at about a metre). Very good price compared to garden centres too.

10M x 4M Commercial Garden Netting - FINE MESH - STRONG | eBay

Hope the link works.