Bird netting isn't the same stuff as growers ' netting. It's sturdier and has a much larger grid. It's a hugely useful tool for growers of potted plants that are naturally full and top heavy.....those super large mums and poinsettias.

Grolink is the supplier of the Belgian mums and they've pretty much taken over the market. I got into it long before they did and watched them replace the old standard garden mums. They have a little different culture than the old mums, and pinching is not even recommended anymore and therefore with the tremendous amount of bloom on the thinner stems, separation can be an issue on the larger sizes. The netting has replaced the old plastic hoops but can see it be an ecological garbage issue if used on thousands upon thousands like the larger producers do. You can contact the wholesale suppliers, some will deal retail and small orders. Most will sell a much smaller quantity than a pallet. I don't know your area to recommend one.

Calliope, I've often thought about the landfill aspect of this netting, since seeing it more and more on these grand finished mums over the years. I can't see an ecological solution to the problem until we have plastic-like substances that are durable yet degradable.

Even if it's recyclable, that's just not going to happen....these get tossed in the trash right along with the declining mums, Just like the bird netting used by ken.

Worse yet, they don't even get tossed into trash, but 'over the hill' for animals to foul themselves in. I found a baltimore oriole nest hanging from a tree branch by fishing line. Creative, but sad.

i was giving OP ..... TERMs TO SEARCH WITH ...

but dont both of you agree.. that the usual gardener.. should be able to accomplish the same goal thru pinching/pruning ...

i understand why a guy growing a couple of million uses such ...

but all i did .. back when i fooled with mums.. was.. when they got to 6 inches.. in late may??? .. pinch to 3 ... then let them grow to 6 more [which means to 9 inches].. and pinched back 3 .... about 4 to 6 weeks later ... etc .....

and then my last pinch was when??? .. maybe august... and then i quit and let buds form ... for the fall show ...

having multiple plants... i tried various lengths ... and come bloom time.. most stood straight and true ... and timing is probably very zone dependent ....

using bird netting.. really seems like overkill .. unless you have a couple hundred mums in your yard ...

AND!! ... every pinching.. will root ... just stick them in the ground ... and then you will have a million plants.. lol ...

ken

Ken.....apples and oranges. But, yes....most mum varieties respond very well to pinching. Calliope and I are talking about the big pots of Belgian mums, which are quite unique.

None of us know why our OP wants to locate some of this mesh....didn't occur to me lecture him about why it's not necessary, lol.

And bird netting would not be helpful for containing mums. This stuff isn't bird netting.

It's a production tool applied when these big pots of mums are part way through their development. Perhaps it can be found on line in commercial greenhouse supply sites.

Belgians don't take well to pinching, like the garden mums used to do. It's overkill, as they are tremendously branched and don't tend to get tall and leggy. They do, however, get top-heavy with bloom...smaller blooms but extremely plentiful on thinner stems. I've grown them along with the traditional garden mum lines like Yoder used to sell. I miss the larger blooms and hate to see the industry go to puff-ball mums with tiny blooms unsuitable for cut flowers....but you breed and sell what the public wants. Yes, you should be able to, like I said, get them from greenhouse suppliers but many of them will not sell retail or to the public. Most don't. I always ordered supplies through one particular broker, but remember seeing ads from others who would sell to the small producer or retail. Dillen Products (a plastics container manufacturer) makes the mum netting and a case of them contain a thousand sheets and the cost per sheet would be about forty cents.

One more disastrous product which will wind up being tossed into brown bags and ground into compost. The resulting microplastics will find their way into our soil and food, streams and waters. This mesh netting could be made from biodegradable products. I give humankind about 2 or 3 more generations, no more before it renders its own home unlivable, at least for it's own kind. Life will likely continue, although even that isn't guaranteed depending on what we wind up doing.