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Posted by koeksoetie NSW (My Page) on Mon, Mar 13, 06 at 2:15
Hi there
I have recently discovered this forum and have just read through most of the 22 pages of previous messages. Decided there is so much to learn from others that I must join.
Have read through an earlier thread on Fruitfly in tomatoes. I have raised vegetable beds and I bend several polypipes over the bed to create a frame and then, once the tomatoes start to form, I drape fine nylon netting fabric bought from Spotlight, over the frame and tuck it in down the sides. Had no fruitfly damage whatsoever. It works in Winter as well against white cabbage butterfly on my brassicas. The fabric only comes in a fairly narrow width so I have to stitch strips together to get the width to cover the bed. Try it - its great! |
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RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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Hi and Welcome ...Great idea I will try that myself.
I have Black Russian Tommys in at present
But no trouble with the fruit fly up till around October.
So if I have any more in then I will give it a go.....Cheers...MM. |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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| That's a great idea! I was thinking of nylon curtains myself, but envisaged having little bags over each bunch of tomatoes. Yours is a much better approach. |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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| pantyhose!! - - would stretch to cover a branch of a tomatoe plant and would stretch to cater for the growing tomatoes!! I'm brilliant - now I don't have to blush when I buy pantyhose at woollies - it's a gardening tool LOL |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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Gee who wears those things I could not think of anything worse.
Iam the bare legged, bare footed type myself. So dont own any.
Hey does that mean when I go and buy my hubby jocks I should blush.
No way this is 2006 who cares who buys what !!!!!!! .....MM. |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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- Posted by liatris FraserCoast,Qld (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 13, 06 at 15:53
| or alternately, a canopy net works well too. |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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| Pantyhose is greatly underappreciated, I think :-) |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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| I've thought about using a cover of some sort but exclusion netting sold for that purpose is beyond my budget but your suggestion sounds better. How does it stand up to the weather? MM, I'm like you. haven't worn pantyhose since long before the kids were born and I prefer bare feet. My mother used to get embarassed when I used to go out with bare feet. I usually wear shoes now when I go out though not at home. |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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- Posted by deejaus Melb.Vic. Aust (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 13, 06 at 22:52
You can find used terylene curtains at op-shops and garage sales...probably be cheaper. You can also buy remnants at Spotlight and other curtain stores.
Cheers,
Dee. |
RE(2): New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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| Ah, I can see next summer's veggie patch, covered in swathes of bright orange, yellow and red nylon curtains :-) With pantyhose over the bananas ... |
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| O yes very colourful.. But the Way to Go.!!!! Good idea that too Dee I bought heaps of curtains and drapes there when we built this house to use as drop sheets when we were painting, and the better ones went on all the glass doors and windows till I had the time to make all the drapes, would you believe now they are on the big glass sliding windows in our shed.. Talk about Recycling I will look there tomorrow and see what they have got.. Thanks for that.....Cheers...MM. |
RE: New to the list & fruitfly suggestion
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| The nylon net is not as strong as I would like it to be and it did on the odd occasion rip in a strong wind but I simply stitched up the tear on my sewing machine. I'm sure in time it will break down in the sun. I used black netting which is pretty unobtrusive, my friend used green which turned a bluey colour in the sun. Buying a full bolt of the fabric is quite a bit cheaper than by the metre. |
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