VEGE NET These Bugs Used To Really Grind My Gears. Vege Net has been a godsend. I once fought a losing battle with insects in my garden, I’d persevere but was always disappointed with stings in the fruit and little grubs in the flesh, caterpillars that eat everything in sight, Heliothis moths (Bud worms) and their larvae that destroy tomatoes, lettuces, brassicas, capsicums and peas and beans. When on the odd occasion I did have some success, I’d have [...]
THE FUTURE OF HORTICULTURE With massive increase in water-energy efficiency Improvements from 8 to 62-fold for certain vegetables. NetPro green house films and nets are designed with the future of agriculture in mind. A net house with a misting system uses less water than a greenhouse with a cooling system according to Researchers at the International Centre for Bio saline Agriculture (ICBA) developed a highly efficient low-cost net house technology that can help to make horticulture significantly more feasible [...]
CROP PROTECTON Fruit fly protection starts with Netpro Fruit Fly Net ™ The Fruit Fly Incursion into Australia is the most destructive exotic pest identified to date. $35 million was spent in Cairns in 1995 attempting to eradicate the fruit fly and $100 million was lost in production costs, reduced productivity and market access closure. Fruit flies are a significant crop pest, affecting the agriculture industry on a global scale. They are highly mobile, and if left uncontrolled, can [...]
NET PROTECTION FOR VEGES Selecting the correct netting to protect your vegetable patch Covering your patch with Vegenet, Shade Cloth Fruit Fly Net or Insect Screen. Many of our customers enquire after a product that will keep out the myriad insects, butterflies, bugs, grasshoppers, birds, possums and extreme heat. It’s a Big ask, but Netpro have designed a few products to help you to regain peace of mind. Each weave has its particular use, closely woven insect net [...]
CROP PROTECTION IN JAPAN Netpro at Zespri Japan - Crop protection preperation Zespri and Netpro ensuring kiwi fruit production crop protection from climate extremes by the world famous NetPro Canopy System in Japan. Zespri is expanding production in Japan in response to the exceptional success and demand for SunGold in the Japanese market. Claude and Wayne of Netpro International attended the recent farm tours, Meeting with Osamu Francis of Zespri international Japan. As well as enjoying the beauty of [...]
FRIENDLY PROTECTION FROM BATS Its bat season again... Mangos, longans, lychees, and even the apple and stone fruit growers are being visited by our fruit bats or the critters also known as flying foxes. The Fruit bat lives primarily on palm fruit but with the abundance of mangos and delicious tropical fruit in home gardens, their diets have become varied and they are truly spoilt for choice. To prevent home grown fruit being destroyed by the voracious appetite [...]
GREAT PRODUCT Frost-cloth or Horticultural Fleece An extremely light, breathable fabric made from spun-bonded polypropylene or poly-ethylene. The advantage of the commercially available frost-cloth is that it can remain over plants for long periods if necessary. It will provide an insulating layer whilst still allowing at least 70% light transmission, and unlike plastic, it has a degree of permeability to both rain and air movement.
ROW THROWS Netpro ‘Row-Throw’ NetPro stocks a variety of throw-over netting in addition to permanent options. This season, we are proud to introduce our newly developed product: ‘Row-Throw' Originally modelled on our highly popular fruit-fly exclusion netting – ‘Row-Throw’ offers half the weight but extra width (6m and 13m) making it ideal for throw-over applications. Commonly used for Bee exclusion, the 50gsm ‘Row-Throw’ has a slightly larger hole-size of around 4-5mm (approximately – see scale 1:1 photo). This [...]
RAISE THE PACK-OUT South Australian Citrus under 16 hectares of netting An excellent article has recently been posted online on Stock Journal (CLICK HERE for article), outlining the reasons a South Australian Citrus producer has installed 16 hectares of netting. Online version of article Stock Journal website Click Here TO SUMMARISE: increase premium quality fruit for Asian markets reduction of wind-blemish on fruit some shading benefits (reduction of sun-burn) Weather stations are showing extra benefits too, reduced water use (via [...]
