wanted Electric Fence Netting

[John]

Hi, does anyone have any electric chicken netting they would want to sell? I want to put it over my garden bed to stop possums (has anyone done this successfully?)

 

 

[Old Scaley]

@John, I have been battling possums and scrub turkeys for years (ever since our dog died and we didn’t replace her). We have 2 mango trees that used to give us heaps of beautiful Bowen mangoes but now they don’t even get to the flower stage because possums eat the new shoots.  A couple of years ago I planted over $180 worth of annuals one day to wake up next morning to find them all eaten down to the roots.  I found the only thing I could do in the flower and veggie gardens was to build a chicken wire fence around the bed and then put bird netting over the top.  Looks a bit ordinary but keeps them out. Electric fences should be good too but I haven’t tried it. 

Now the bl00dy possums have just started chewing down the potted geraniums and anthuriums that I have on the verandah so looking at ways to stop that without netting. Tried blood and bone with no success. Tried hot chilli sauce - also unsuccessful. Going to try clove oil spray next. Any other tips appreciated. 

Good luck with it mate. It is a real battle.

 

[kmcrosby78]

I'm pretty sure @ellicat will give you both some handy advice - once he finishes laughing at both of your predicaments that is .........

[ellicat]

Pardon my amusement at one of life's great conundrums.

The trick is to find a breed of dog (or even cat) that doesn't dig your garden, but has a taste for wildlife...

Plants don't like electricity in my experience.

[Doyley]

The possums would need to be earthed (touching the ground) to be zapped. Are you planning to put it around the plants or over the top?

[GregOug]

This is a bit of an old post now but I’ve found that if you simply put some wire netting around your gardens without much support the possums won’t get in. They don’t like the wire swaying around under them. Another instance is I had possums eating my avocado leaves as soon as they appeared because the small tree was abutting a solid fence. I just wrapped some bird netting around the branches for about a foot above the fence and, once again, they haven’t touched a leaf since, because they don’t like the netting swaying around beneath them. They like a solid footing. Give them a fragile footing and they go elsewhere.