Uses of Wire Gauze
- Gardening activities --- such as cultivating seedlings or breeding worms --- sometimes require refining the soil in which the plants or worms will soon occupy. For such purposes, a garden sieve or sifter is needed in order to separate larger debris from soil particles. You can make your own garden sieves using some wire gauze, lumber, U-shaped nails and a hammer. A do-it-yourself garden sieve can be made in a variety of sizes depending on a your needs and saves money as a cheaper alternative to ready-made, store-bought garden sieves.
- A backyard gardener takes pride in the fruits and vegetables that he grows; he will do all he can to make sure his plants grow well and keep away animals from destroying them. A roll of wire gauze or wire mess can be used to create plant towers. Certain plants --- such as tomatoes --- often require some form of support in order to bear fruit well and keep its structure intact; wire mesh plant towers perform that job well.
- Another application for wire gauze is pest control. You can construct protective cages for seedlings as a way to keep pests out rather than using pesticides. Some more advanced applications of wire gauze include separating various varieties of the same plant in order to avoid cross-pollination. By covering a wire mesh plant tower with fabric or clear plastic, a gardener can maintain a certain soil temperature, allowing seeds of summer plants to be planted two to three weeks earlier in the spring or extend established plants for longer periods in the fall.
- Because wire gauze has a net-like nature, the material can be used to create a mesh for vines and other sort of climbing plants to latch onto. Plants --- such as beans, grapes, and peas --- will climb wire gauze structures which are useful for trellising or vine training.