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Many of our crops are subject to the attentions of various hungry creatures and without
protection would not produce a good harvest. One answer is to wage war on the creatures
that cause us problems and resort to a chemical spraying regime.
With many of us being reluctant to use a barrage of chemicals on our crops there
is a need to try to prevent rather than cure the problem.
We use a variety of ways of protecting our fruit and vegetables.
Carrot fly can be a huge problem but for several years now we have grown carrots
successfully by protecting them using a covering of fleece or enviromesh. Click
here to read more. We find that the environmesh although more expensive does last
longer. When we used fleece it was often ripped by the wind also whenever a neighbouring
plot holder had a bonfire the sparks burnt holes in the fleece.
Fleece is still useful for using in a greenhouse where it can help protect against
frost damage when the temperatures fall.
Brassica plants are subjected to attack by wood pigeons and by large and small white
butterfly caterpillars. We cover our brassicas with netting as soon as we plant them
out but remove the netting from brassicas that stay in the ground over winter. We
found that if there is heavy snow the netting is weighted down onto the plants and
can damage them The snow on the other hand will build up gradually on the plants
and is less likely to damage them.
We cover our brassicas with a netting that gives some protection against butterflies
as this is equally effective protection against wood pigeon attack.
We also cover our strawberry and redcurrants as both of these fruits are attractive
to birds. Blackbirds will often make every effort to find a way into our redcurrant
bushes. WE net both of these fruits with netting designed to protect against birds.
Birds can become trapped in any loose netting especially at ground level so we use
chicken wire around the base of our redcurrants bushes. If netting is taken down
to ground level it needs to be tightly stretched and well tucked under heavy pieces
of wood or bricks.
Brassicas also suffer from attack by whitefly. Although fleece or enviromesh may
be effective against them we control them by spraying with a soft soap solution.
