Net Width Diagram

Applying 17m Net (3m row spacing)

a) The Canopy System 14 rows of 5 row canopy cover

b) Throw Over 16 rows of 4 row to the ground

The above diagrams show the path of a tractor applying 17 meter wide net over;
a) Five rows joined overhead to form a canopy, and
b) Four rows going to the ground.

The relative benefits of single, double or five row net applications depend partly on row lengths. This is because the net is not cut but run around the headlands, therefore the longer the row length the less net is used making fewer turns at the ends of the rows.

Keeping this in mind the percentage cost of the different methods (assuming 6m single row application = 100) are as follows;

Six meter single row	100
Eleven meter double row	91	saving	9%
Eleven meter canopy three row	66	saving	34%
Seventeen meter four row	75	saving	25%
Seventeen meter canopy five row	60	saving	40%

Please be aware that these figures are a guide that has been estimated using 150 meter row lengths and three meter spacing. When making the decision on net widths you should keep in mind the recurrent application costs including labor, machine and tractor costs.

The following diagram may help;