Although the wide use of chicken wire mesh in chicken protection, chicken wire mesh is no longer just for chicken anymore. The distinctive feature of chicken wire mesh is its hexagons. And benefited from its light weight, it is found gradually that chicken wire mesh might also apply wonderfully to various garden applications. In the light of customers' demands, we market five chicken wire mesh products used in garden as following:
Garden fence is commonly used to screen out the unwanted animals and pets like rabbits, rat, deer, neighbor dogs or cats out in a friendly way. Compared with welded wire fence and expanded metal fence, chicken wire mesh is lighter, inexpensive. Compared with chain-link fence, chicken wire mesh is not easy to unravel. Therefor chicken wire is an better option for medium security needed places. Nevertheless, the selection of type and specification of garden fence is determined by your garden circumstances and intruder you want to deter.
Galvanized chicken wire mesh used for surrounding garden has usually 1 inch opening between two 20 gauge twisted wires. Stretching wires are added every 50 cm to increase the structure stability of the hexagonal wire mesh and then protect your plants. As for its selvedge wires, we take one or two threads of greater diameter than that used for the net.
Before putting the chicken wire fence up, a trench should be created for the underground chicken wire installation. With the help of this underground chicken wire, no bunnies can dig holes through the vertical fence and get into the interior of your garden in secret. Or we could directly putting chicken wire on the surface of earth to create an illusion of intimidation.
Recommended specification of chicken wire garden fence:
Available substitutions for chicken wire garden fence:
If there are not much plants, an integrated greenhouse could be built in your backyard. Several wooden strips or steel posts combined with chicken wire mesh could create a simple greenhouse for your plants. Plastic film could also be fixed in the middle of wooden strips and chicken wire mesh, if needed.
This greenhouse could not only provide a safe place to against animals, but also aesthetic enjoyment. In addition, all the materials you need are quite cheap.
Recommended specification of chicken wire greenhouse:
Feature:
Raised bed is a wonderful design for solving terrible soil, concrete-paved road, animals, kids and space lacking problems. All the materials needed are plank, chicken wire mesh and accessories. Chicken wire could be used at the bottom of raised bed, to prevent gophers entering, when the raised bed is placed in the earth; or to support the soil and allow plants breathe freely. Chicken wire could also be used on the top of the raised bed to make a lid or layer of cover.
Vegetables or fruits growing in vertical direction, like cucumber, bean, grape and so on, could be hung upon chicken wire mesh easily and therefor increase the sunlight exposure and air circulation. Instead of spread on the earth and entangled with each other, chicken wire trellis guarantee a plentiful harvest and clean appearance.
Specification of chicken wire trellis:
Feature:
Application: Suitable for tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, pole beans and other stem plants in garden or house.
Available substitutions for chicken wire mesh made trellis: galvanized wire, chain link mesh and welded wire mesh.
Chicken wire cloche refers to chicken wire made cloche shaped protector that protects one individual or a row of plants, not a piece of land full of plants. With several pins attaching to the ground, chicken wire cloche could protect plants from munching rabbits. The aimed plants include lettuce, cabbage, spinach, tulip bulbs; intruders include squirrel, cats, rabbits and other birds. Chicken wire cloche is easily portable and beautiful. Or chicken wire panels could be made into cloche, which is made easily and directly under our guidelines.
Specification of this GUCWM-21 chicken wire cloche: 37-1/2" long × 13-1/2" wide × 8" high.
Three styles of using this GUCWM-21 chicken wire cloche:
Specification of chicken wire mesh:
Mesh opening size e(mm) | Preferred annealed wire diameter c(mm) | Preferred zinc coated b wire diameter c(mm) | Minimum zinc or zinc alloy coating mass f(g/m2) | Typical roll width a d(mm) |
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10 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 145 | 30045050060075090010001200150018002000 |
13 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 95 | |
13 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 80 | |
16 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 70 | |
20 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 55 | |
20 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 65 | |
25 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 40 | |
25 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 45 | |
25 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 55 | |
25 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 60 | |
30 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 40 | |
30 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 40 | |
30 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 60 | |
40 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 35 | |
40 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 45 | |
40 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 55 | |
50 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 25 | |
50 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 30 | |
50 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 40 | |
65 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 30 | |
75 | 0.90 | 1.00 | 20 | |
75 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 25 | |
75 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 30 | |
100 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 30 | |
a Other roll widths - by agreement.b Zinc coated diameter in this table is the coated wire diameter in finished netting.c These tolerances apply to the diameter of the zinc coated wire in finished netting.d The tolerance on width shall be ±1 mesh size measurement.e Tolerances on mesh size shall be ±20 mm for rabbit netting when specified.f Coating mass as netting coated after fabrication.For mesh width 75 mm and over centre strands and selvedges could be by agreement. |
Core diameterBright/Zinc coated wire(mm) | Organic coated wire diameter(mm) |
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060 | 100 |
080 | 120 |
090 | 130 |
1 00 | 150 |
1 20 | 170 |