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Austria

seeing all that effort you put in outdoor growing, I'm asking myself why you're not stepping into full greenhouse growing? Great looking pumpkin btw;)

8/13/2026 5:46:26 AM

Winchester, Ohio

Is the netting working well for the insects? I've got to do something more about the cucumber beetles and am considering doing insect netting like you.

8/13/2026 8:20:09 AM

Tyngsboro, MA

Maybe one day for a greenhouse, but that would be an extra big step up from what I have. I'm also cautious that a greenhouse would introduce its own problems: heat, more restricted space etc. The netting is working really well. I've had a limited number of insects find a way in (many because I didn't secure the doors well a couple of times). Access is a bit cramped, and it was a lot to set it up, but the best thing is no Yellow Vine Disease so far

8/13/2026 9:55:58 AM

Winchester, Ohio

Where did you get your netting? Yellow vine has taken out 5 of my 7 plants the last two years and bacterial wilt one of the others. I sure would love to avoid that issue.

8/13/2026 11:39:13 AM

Tyngsboro, MA

I got mine from a local farm wholesaler. The netting brand is Proteknet. It came in a 20'x328' roll, and then my wife and I sewed it into two 50'x60' pieces (she did the sewing, I did the netting management..)

8/13/2026 12:09:57 PM

Winchester, Ohio

Thanks for the information, looks like I'm going to have to get my sewing machine out this winter.

8/13/2026 12:30:29 PM