PRO's and CONS of Support NETTING Flowers! Is It worth it?

PRO's and CONS of Support NETTING Flowers! Is It worth it?
▶️Watch how Floret Inspired me to flower farm: • How Floret INSPIRED Me...
🌎Visit our website: blackbarnblossoms.com/
Hank's channel: / hamiltonvillefarm

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Watch how floret inspired me to be a flower farmer here: ruclips.net/video/kWzVusKPHqw/видео.html

[@HuserHelpers]

Thanks for the pointers Gina. I thought about you all the other day as I drove past a flower farm here in the Peoria, IL area. Thanks for sharing, Jason

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Awe thanks Jason!

[@HamiltonvilleFarm]

Great tip!

[@theflowerlady6221]

Thanks so much for the tips! Definitely trying this!

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@pamskogen6273]

Thank you! Great information and your flowers are beautiful! God bless

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thank you!

[@juanmartinezmbapmppmiacp2104]

So excited to see your videos, I get inspiration from them.

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thanks 🙏

[@tanjalay2903]

Great video and great info . Will use next time netting to . It makes so much sense. Love your camera work. Awesome. Love seeing your flower farm make me want to have flowers . 💐

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thanks Tanja!❤️

[@stevemac5117]

Great video Gina. If i can get a garden going i'm going to use the netting. Thanks for sharing.

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thank you! It really does help support plants!

[@TheFinFarm]

Would love to see more on your shade cloth canopy! Can you please do a video on that? Thanks!

[@dennisdelk4298]

That's a very pretty flower garden.

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thank you!

[@flowerfairy1950]

I am a home gardener in Australia who is venturing into cut flowers for home. Currently using jute netting but will try to source some stronger netting. Thank you; that was very helpful. 👍

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

amzn.to/3Psbxsd

[@25slider]

Great video thanks Gina

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thank you!

[@TheNakidGardeners]

Good to know when the Mrs starts her flower farm

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thanks for watching!

[@zolacrofoot4944]

Thanks for the great video. I am learning alot

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

I’m so glad! Thank you

[@sherryhipp6498]

i am new to your site and I must say I am thoroughly enjoying your no-nonsense, factual, informative way of presenting the way you garden. Thank you an please keep posting. Fan in Bozeman, MT

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thanks and welcome!

[@ralphriddle8864]

Good job and God bless yall

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thanks Ralph!

[@scrotiemcboogerballs1981]

Thanks for sharing

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thank you ☺️

[@amritakoushik8223]

Thanks Gina! This video is extremely useful. Do you move the netting up as the plant grows? Or do you use a second netting to accommodate the increase in height?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

I typically move it up but if the plant is extremely tall I will double layer it. Such as cosmos

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

The twine looks like it'd need a lot more posts to support it for it to be as effective as the netting

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

I had lots of support but the netting just works better for me

[@ahavarichardson5426]

Love how you did your Sunflowers!! Florida weave looks like?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

It helps in the wind for sure☺️

[@brutalbob3982]

Great video Gina, now my owner wants me to get some next year for her flowers. Do you run your irrigation system on a timer or do you turn it on and off?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Lol you better do it then😆 yes everything is on timers.

[@jagvipers777]

Just found your RUclips channel looking for how to use netting. Great video! Question - I noticed it looked like you didn't use fabric to keep the weeds out of all your flowers - or did you? For example your sunflowers. It didn't look like you used fabric. How do you keep them so clean?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

In some places we use fabric in others we don’t. We do a lot of weeding ☺️🌻

[@sislertx]

I higly recommend u get a piece of rebar bitnwider than the bed and use them on the bed ends. Weave the netting in and out..u also them have a really easy way to roll it up and store it..

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Good idea

[@crazyju02]

Great video! How far apart are your stakes in the bed?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thank you! 10’

[@SowGrowandSustain]

Thank you for the info! I planted Dara this year, thinking it would work as a filler, but it drops little petals constantly. Makes a mess on the table within 2 days of putting it in the vase. Does the Queen Ann’s Lace she’d like that?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Thanks! The False Queen Anne’s/ Dara will drop less if harvested early before it’s fully opened. I tend to cut it when the heads are flat ☺️

[@SowGrowandSustain]

@@BlackBarnBlossoms - Ok, will try that next year. Someone else suggested spraying it with something to hold it together?

[@willardchi2571]

What if you ran netting vertically instead of the weak twine? A fence of vertical netting would better cushion the stems and leaves along more of the plant's height. For wide rows, you could also run a third "fence" of netting down the center.
I've been doing that kind of thing when I grow my Zinnias and cosmos in large containers: I put a circular fence of netting all around the pot to about 60 or 65%% the height of the stems. And no matter the wind direction, the leaves and stems are supported.

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

That’s a n interesting idea!

[@ahavarichardson5426]

I was thinking that would use one hortanova netting and move it up as the flowers grow! It should save money and time! Never tried it, but I saw on another channel

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

I use it on almost everything I grow ☺️

[@NickyBigatto25]

do you have a link for your preferred netting?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

amzn.to/3Psbxsd

[@willardchi2571]

How big are the square openings in the netting? I would think that is an important detail, as too small an opening might chafe the stems or obstruct the growth.

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

6”x6”. I’ve never had an issue

[@christinelingenfelder9618]

What do you use for posts? How far apart? This is so helpful.

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Metal T Posts spaced 10’

[@sislertx]

U.really need one of those metal things to get the.good in the ground. I can barely lift it but it drops on the tpost and put it in the ground

[@pamdresser6705]

How do you cut the flowers with the netting there?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Most of the time the netting is below where I cut. Or you just reach down u see the net

[@glasslover84]

Are you using plastic netting or the nylon netting?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

It’s polypropylene

[@laurieclarkson9180]

Do you net Marigolds?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

I did not and I had a wind storm come through and knocked them all over so I probably will this year😁

[@nikkiholton6318]

How wide are your flower beds ?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Some are 48” some are 36”

[@nikkiholton6318]

Thank you for that. I don't mean to be difficult. I know floret uses the 4 ft wide beds. What is the benefit of that size vs the 3 ft and why do you use both ? Which flowers go in 4ft and which go I'm 3 feet and do you use the same 3 rows of irrigation whether it's 3 vs 4 feet wide. I really appreciate your input. Just trying to figure out best plan....when starting new....

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

You’re not being difficult at all 😊 do when I first started out I built 4’ beds. But I’m only 5’1 so it’s difficult for me to reach the middle of the beds comfortably so when I added beds I made them 36” wide but longer 😉

[@noonerstrickland1743]

So you’re saying we should get some netting?

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Nay😆

[@sislertx]

Only con i can.think of is the home gardner.. this will be interesting.
I bought it but didnt use it on my 500 glads..BIG ASS MISTAKE..

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

Yes glads definitely can use support especially if it’s a tall commercial variety.

[@sislertx]

10 years ago...when the internet and u tube was a baby.. ...there use to be a channel that taught how to make your own netting..because....plastic.

[@BlackBarnBlossoms]

I re-use the same netting every year so it doesn’t end up in a landfill