Premier 1 2015 Fences That Work

Spraying PermaNet to reduce

grass contact—

Without herbicides, weeds can render netting

useless by midsummer in areas with rapid grass

growth. The photo on the bottom shows how

this fence line looked 2 weeks after spraying.

“How-To” video on installing and properly storing net, see website.

Common Mistakes with Netting

Most common

netting error

Allowing the

lowest live strand

to be caught by the

metal ground spike.

Result—

a direct

short through the

energized strand to

the metal spike and

into the soil. Voltage

will be low. Animals

escape. You will be

very frustrated!

Too much green vegetation

When touching, green grass will drain

the energy out of an electric fence.

Solutions:

Move the fence (if

portable), then mow; or kill the grass

with herbicide; or graze/trim the grass

under offset wires.

To reduce green grass contact we spray an 8" wide

strip of a “burn down” herbicide along netting.

Two ways to make handling netting difficult instead of easy. 1. (above left) Rolling the net from one end to the other as you would roll a carpet. It’s hard work and takes a long time—both to roll and eventually unroll. 2. (above right) Even if you‘ve first folded the net correctly (as in step 1 below) , you can still make net “handling” difficult if you roll up the net beginning with the posts. This buries the black tie strings and risks entangling net with post spikes.

(left) Energized wire

caught by steel spike. This

creates an immediate “dead

short” in the fence.

How to remove/store netting

Folding then rolling up the net the correct way…

Step 1.

(above left)

First fold the net by picking it up sequentially

by the posts. The netting naturally folds into sections as you do this.

Keep the posts together in a bundle in your hands.

Step 2.

(above right)

Lay the folds neatly on the ground.

Starting at

the end opposite the posts, roll the folded net toward the posts.

When this

is done, use the exposed end-post tie strings to secure it as a roll.

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