shade netting

Hey fellow outdoorsman and ladies maybe this is my first year trying to grow outside. Ive had numerous succesfull indoor grows now but i am quickly finding out that outdoors is a whole new challenge. I havent really had a problem with the usual bugs aphids, mites, thrips that kinda stuff. My only problem is with grasshoppers those little jumpy bastards totally ate a few of my plants up when i went to the mountains for a few days on a hike. The whole plant was eaten away except the stems all the leaf matter was gone the plants looked like skeletons. These plants i was not too concerned about as they were just a few plants i stuck in the ground outside my legal garden. So no biggie there but my plants in the legal garden are starting to suffer now from the bastards. I sprayed them with neem and also covered them with shade cloth. The garden gets a good 15 hours of straight sun during the day so the shade netting has had no ill effects in the 5 days it has been up. I think i have actually seen more growth with the shade cloth now with temps in the high 90s they must like it in there like there own mini climate. The plants are now starting to get too big for the shade clothes there under that i made so im gonna have to make a bigger setup for each plant or what i was hoping is to get advice on how to get deter the grasshoppers i know i cant get rid of them because there is simply too many but anyone have any pointers for the grasshoppers. heres a pic of a few of the plants out there this was a few weeks ago and there about double now.

Originally Posted by montanachadly

I dont have slugs if i had slugs i would know but its goddamn grasshoppers. I dont know why some people put there two cents in when its just a dumb answer. I know its grasshoppers because i can literally see them do there damage in front of my eyes. I know its not slugs because it is way to dry for slugs in my garden. My garden is on a farm its a legal garden. This year in Montana has been one of the worst droughts we have had in years so every farmer is kinda fucked on there major crops like corn, wheat, oats etc etc. You all should watch how the corn prices this year are gonna be way high. Alright well if anyone has anything for grasshoppers please let me know. And its not slugs so you two that posted something dont post again i dont want your unintelligant non thought answers.

Mantises aren't unintelligent ..Hire some and get those bastards outta your garden...nuff said