Hello, this is my first post. I've had two pretty good seasons (2 of last 3 yrs) growing in my yard in N.California BUT have had worms/caterpillars in buds that caused mold, and my question is about the efficacy of using bug screening. I have a nice 30'x15' "tomato patch" on the south side of my house/garage, with fencing or house wall all around, with long hours of sunlight. I have guy wires stretched over my grow space and can drag out sun shade cloth (65%-85% allowed through). It can get hot here; I've had days over 100 degrees F but typical day from Jun-Oct is maybe 80-85 F. This is very near the town of Sonoma. I protect my seedlings from hot sun and then as plants grow I continue to shade on the hot days, with no apparent negative impact. MY QUESTION though is, can I enclose plants or the whole area in mosquito netting 100% of the time to avoid flying insects from laying eggs. I only grow organic, from soil to nutrients, to de-chlorinated water. The suspect insect is a 1/2" flying bug with orange and brown coloring that reminds me of a moth (wings close above the body) but seem robust and aggressive and fly fast. I'd love to hear any ideas and if anyone has used mosquito netting to keep out pests. THANKS!
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