Crop netting
Bananas need protection from wind and hail, but not heavy shade. Getting the shade level right is what makes a banana net pay.
What the research shows
Bunch mass under very dense shade (20% of full sun) compared with full sun, in a KwaZulu-Natal trial.
Source: Kizito 2001, University of Natal
Later flowering under the densest shade in the same trial.
Source: Kizito 2001, University of Natal
The trial used heavy black shade cloth to test shading. It shows why bananas need a light net rather than a dense one.
What a net does
Questions
A light one. Heavy shade cut bunch mass and delayed flowering in trials, so we'll recommend a net that protects without shading the crop much.
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White River, Mpumalanga, 1240
