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White Cabbage Moth Exclusion Net
The grubs of the white cabbage moth have munched their way through my broccoli every year so this year I decided to net the seedlings. I was surprised to find a net 5 metres x 2.8 metres costs $24. Went to my local Op Shop and found a net curtain (open weave, not the smooth nylon type). It measured 5 metres x 2.4 metres and cost $3. The top of the curtain had a heading with 2 gathering threads so I cut off 40 cm and sewed 5 veggie bags. Carefully eased out a couple of cm of the gathering thread and knotted the 4 threads so when veggies/fruit are in the bag the top can be closed.
The remaining 5 metres x 2 metres is the perfect size to cover my brassica bed. I have wicking beds 3 x 1 metre and I have placed 3 hoops made from recycled conduit to keep the net off the plants. I gathered the net at each end and secured with rubber band. Sun and rain can get through the net but no white cabbage moths can. Saving of $21 plus whatever the 5 bags might have cost to purchase.
Contributed by Carol Woolcock
The remaining 5 metres x 2 metres is the perfect size to cover my brassica bed. I have wicking beds 3 x 1 metre and I have placed 3 hoops made from recycled conduit to keep the net off the plants. I gathered the net at each end and secured with rubber band. Sun and rain can get through the net but no white cabbage moths can. Saving of $21 plus whatever the 5 bags might have cost to purchase.
Contributed by Carol Woolcock