Everything you need to know about garden plastic nets

Garden plastic nets - green PVC and other types - are popular for landscaping home gardens. The use of plastic lattices for plants in the garden is not limited only to the creation of reliable support for climbing or climbing crops - they are used to zone space, decorate flower beds and front gardens. It is worth learning in more detail about what else plastic nets are needed for, what they are, how they are installed.

Garden plastic nets (flexible and in the form of rigid trellises) are the best option for use in a summer cottage or garden plot. They are made of injection-molded polyethylene or PVC and are painted in different colors during production. For production, a chemically neutral type of polymer material is used, which is safe for the environment. Grids made of it do not change their properties when heated and frozen, and retain their original color brightness for a long time.

Unlike their metal counterparts, they do not rot, are resistant to the growth of mold and mildew, and have a long service life. Plastic nets are sold in rolls, and rigid grilles are sold as separate sections on the frame.

The areas in which plastic nets for the garden can be used are quite diverse. Depending on the size of the cells and other characteristics, this material can be used in different situations.

• Fencing of the territory. Such a fence can separate adjacent areas, allowing you to maintain a sufficient amount of natural light without unnecessary shading.

• Site zoning. With the help of a plastic mesh, you can separate living and functional areas, highlight a gazebo, a resting place.

• Construction of aviaries for animals and birds. A wide selection of mesh sizes allows you to create comfortable conditions for rabbits, chickens or geese.

• Creation of awnings. Shading nets help eliminate plant burnout where needed, ensuring a comfortable stay in hot weather. They do not play a supporting role in the design of arches and pergolas, but they help to increase the functionality and aesthetics of such products.

• Protection of fruit trees and shrubs from birds and moles. Organizing your fences correctly helps keep your crops tidy.

• Creation of supports for plants. Special rigid trellises provide the best conditions for growing climbing and trellis species.

• Decoration of flower arrangements. Colored and decorative nets with a wide variety of designs can be used here.

Plastic mesh is a material presented in a wide range of sizes, in different colors and designs. It can be made of PVC, plastic, polypropylene, polyethylene, cast structure or woven from fibers, similar to the metal version. The classification of its types is diverse, the division is carried out not only by purpose, but also by color, size of cells, and their cross-section. All types of garden polymer mesh should be considered in more detail.

This parameter mainly determines the appearance of the mesh. Decorative options are more varied in shape, classic fence or trellis have a square section. Among the popular options, you can also highlight grids with this type of cells:

• rhombic;
• hexagonal (honeycomb);
• round;
• rectangular.

It is interesting that in the design of the landscape in the garden, it is the curly options that are most often used. Among the nets of small width, one can distinguish those made in the form of honeycombs. They look good in the frame of flower beds, beds, beds. Functional canvases from pests, for lawn reinforcement, are made with square cells. Rhombuses are a classic in the design of fences, the tone here is set by the chain-link, which looks familiar to most summer residents.

The color scheme is quite varied, but there are also some peculiarities here. When creating fences, the most popular green mesh, which is inconspicuous surrounded by rich vegetation. For trellises, white is traditionally used, with large cells and a diamond-shaped arrangement of support elements. For laying in the ground from moles, a simple black polyethylene net is produced.

Landscape design also uses:

• yellow;
• blue;
• gray;
• brown;
• red mesh.

All types of plastic nets can be divided into 3 large categories according to the size of their modules. The rolled fabric itself is usually standard: 1000-2500 mm wide and up to 100 m long. A small cell is represented by the following options:

• 5x5 mm;
• 15x15 mm;
• 20x20 mm.

Large can have a size of 90 x 100 or 100x100 mm. The chain-link is characterized by division into square or diamond-shaped cells with average indicators. Here options of 50x50 or 55x55 mm are in demand.

A country or garden mesh made of polymer materials should be selected taking into account its characteristics, purpose, and individual characteristics. Lightweight and thin, with a frequent mesh mesh are intended for shading, protecting trees from pests. Coarse meshes are used as independent supports for plants; they are part of trellises and pergolas.

In addition, there are important points to consider.

1. Cast or braided. The first option is considered garden, used in the design of landscape elements. The second is more suitable for fencing. Over time, such a mesh can unravel, it is more prone to breaks.
2. Rigidity. Soft nets easily take the desired shape if they are used as an awning or used in curly garden structures. Rigid ones are more resistant to high loads, they can serve as an independent support.

Fastening the plastic mesh when creating fences also need to be correct. Regardless of whether we are talking about an animal enclosure or a fence for a site, the material is fixed in a specific order.

1. Markup. It is necessary to determine the location of the grid around the perimeter, place the pegs-beacons, pull the rope along which the fence line will be aligned.
2. Installation of supports. For a plastic mesh, you can take pillars made of wood, metal, polymeric materials with a diameter of 5-10 cm, round or square, placing them at a distance of 2-3 m from each other. Pits with a depth of 200 to 500 mm are dug under the supports; on weak and heaving soils, backfilling with stones or concreting of the base may be required. The installed posts are leveled, the holes are filled with earth.
3. Fastening the mesh. It always starts from the corner post, with the fixation of the polymer material using plastic clamps, knitting or ordinary wire. You need to fasten the mesh at 2-3 points, depending on the height of the fence. When unrolling the roll, it is important to create additional tension to prevent sagging of the material. For spans of more than 2 m, it is recommended to additionally reinforce the mesh along the upper and lower edges with wire thread.

You can make a sectional fence from a plastic chain-link with your own hands. In this case, the net is cut by the garden pruner into the desired size. They are fixed on a prepared frame made of wooden beams, metal profiles. Metal posts are installed under the sectional fence, the fence is fastened using screws or bolts.

Low mesh fences - near flower beds, front gardens - can be installed without supports at all. It is enough to dig a ditch and then place the lower edge of the material in it. To increase the strength, anchors are used; concreting of the mesh fence at the base is also allowed.

When using a mesh made of polymeric materials as a protection against moles, it is dug in along the perimeter of the site to a depth of 80 cm, buried in the planting sites by 10-15 cm in an expanded form. The best option is considered to be a material with a cross-section of cells of 25 × 25 mm.