oldoaktree
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- Location
- County Durham
Out with the old and in with the new , well fresh
Today at work
- Thread starter Penmoel
- Start date
- Location
- Near Colchester
Snatched another bit until rained off - again, this is getting boring.
carpenter1
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- Location
- devon
Nice kit, what sort of capacity has it got. What sort of output has it got?
- Location
- East yorks
Got it apart then without the grinder ?
Yes, but no grease nipple, so left the seals in both bearings. As long as they last the season it will probably need doing again next year if they don’t clean it again ?
It’s back in, now just have to wait for the new powerflow belts, another 4 days before they make them ?
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Spent a bit of time putting nets over yesterday’s planting. There must be a better way to do this without spending a fortune, anybody got any suggestions?
For a start, could you not do more than 1 row at once?
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Once it’s opened up it covers 6 beds. At roughly 10 metres by 200, the nets weigh 4-500kg
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
I'd think the harder part would be winding the nets up again. If you can mechanise that, then unrolling in a mechanised way should be a piece of cake I would think.
oldoaktree
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- Location
- County Durham
Not sure yet, the 100 a lot quicker than the 90 the splitting cycle takes no time at all. Once I get my deck piped up to match I’ll be able to crack on . Weather permitting
New Puritan
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- Location
- East Sussex
How are the nets held in place once they've been set out?
I've seen fairly simple looking machines that unroll plastic for planting through, that have a disc either side that puts a bit of soil on the edge to hold it down. Your nets will be too wide for that though.
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
We hold ours down with the same gravel bags that are used on silage pits, though I do intend trying layflat hose that can be filled with water. They have to be taken on and off through the growing season for weed control as we’re organic. Conventional growers bury the edges as you describe as they can use chemical weed control.
Little squeak
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- Location
- Lancashire
Are the nets to keep off the cabbage root fly, cabbage white butterflies (include in that all the other folage eating critters) or the pigeons?
New Puritan
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- Location
- East Sussex
@Muddyroads - I'm finding your veg venture really interesting. Is it a brassica crop you're covering up, I can't quite make them out on my phone screen? As they grow, do they tangle themselves in the nets? I can imagine getting the nets off & on bigger plants being a real pain?
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Both. The pigeons don’t seem to have found them yet, but rooks have been uprooting plants to get at leather jackets underneath. We are starting to see cabbage whites flying around so want to keep caterpillars to a minimum.
Little squeak
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- Location
- Lancashire
I grow very little veg now as the economics of employing labour just didn't stack up. Hopefully the organic premium which you will get will make it a more lucrative proposition.
Lackey
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- Location
- North Cumbria
This year's motley crew enjoying a bit of cake
followed by fresh growth in a recently mown field ??
And the one you know will be a right pain in the parlour ?
followed by fresh growth in a recently mown field ??
And the one you know will be a right pain in the parlour ?
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
Thank you. I wondered about doing a separate thread but it seems to raise a bit of interest on here. The nets are going onto savoy, romanesco, black kale and red cabbage. I’ll try to take some pictures later as I’m going to have to remove some for hoeing. How successful it’s going to be, only time will tell.