HORTICULTURAL NETTING WITH DIMENSIONAL CONTROL

摘要

In a preferred embodiment, a raschel knitted diamond or hexagonal mesh (18) net (10) is manufactured such that is may be dispensed and laid in place to equate to a length, and such a length can be identified on the packaging for the mesh net (10) The desired length is fixed during or after knitting by inclusion of a relatively non-stretchable portion (112) extending lengthwise in the net and fixed at lengthwise intervals to the meshing The portion may be a line such as a strip of plastic, a rope or other flexible line interwoven through the meshing and fixed to the meshing at intervals by tying or otherwise Additionally, the relatively non-stretchable portion can be a lengthwise strip of the netting suitably shrunk to provide a reduced rope length of the shrunken portion The net (10) is preferably stretched widthwise before bagging and is placed in the bag in a layered zigzag format.