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Hi all...
The title says it all.
I went to do some watering yesterday and my Brussels have holes in all of them. There are 2 that have been pretty devoured, including the heart. See pic below... I had a look and only found one little caterpillar, the rest are obviously having a nap somewhere with a full belly! I sprayed them well with Bug Clear fruit and veg as its all I had and also there are billions of white fly all over them too. I dont think this controls them though.
Will they survive this attack? The plants are easily 3-3.5ft and have little buttons on. The interesting thing is that I just made some wood cages and covered with debris netting. I previously had just canes and netting... 2 Saturdays ago, I built the new cages and whilst I was stapling the debris netting to the frames 2 cabbage whites got in before I finished, I had to shoo them out. Could the little blighters have of laid eggs in a few minutes??
There is also some holes in my Cavolo Nero next to them, also in a wooden cage.
Any advice???
On to the second part of my title... The shed that I inherited on the allotment has bottles and bottles of liquid Derris and also a good few pots of Bordeaux mixture (see pics). I know these are both banned but are they banned worldwide? Does anyone on here still use Derris?
I have to admit I was seriously thinking about it yesterday when I saw the state of my previously flawless sprouts! The only reason I even got an allotment was so I could grow sprouts for my Xmas table!
The only thing stopping me is I have a 5 year old and am concerned about the dangers, the fact is I don't know how old it is (cant seem to see an expiry on there) and I am no expert so not sure if it is genuine Derris in the bottle, it smells a bit like kaolin and morphine or one of those old school chalky medicines.
Anyhoo, any advice on all or some of the above would be great.
The title says it all.
I went to do some watering yesterday and my Brussels have holes in all of them. There are 2 that have been pretty devoured, including the heart. See pic below... I had a look and only found one little caterpillar, the rest are obviously having a nap somewhere with a full belly! I sprayed them well with Bug Clear fruit and veg as its all I had and also there are billions of white fly all over them too. I dont think this controls them though.
Will they survive this attack? The plants are easily 3-3.5ft and have little buttons on. The interesting thing is that I just made some wood cages and covered with debris netting. I previously had just canes and netting... 2 Saturdays ago, I built the new cages and whilst I was stapling the debris netting to the frames 2 cabbage whites got in before I finished, I had to shoo them out. Could the little blighters have of laid eggs in a few minutes??
There is also some holes in my Cavolo Nero next to them, also in a wooden cage.
Any advice???
On to the second part of my title... The shed that I inherited on the allotment has bottles and bottles of liquid Derris and also a good few pots of Bordeaux mixture (see pics). I know these are both banned but are they banned worldwide? Does anyone on here still use Derris?
I have to admit I was seriously thinking about it yesterday when I saw the state of my previously flawless sprouts! The only reason I even got an allotment was so I could grow sprouts for my Xmas table!
The only thing stopping me is I have a 5 year old and am concerned about the dangers, the fact is I don't know how old it is (cant seem to see an expiry on there) and I am no expert so not sure if it is genuine Derris in the bottle, it smells a bit like kaolin and morphine or one of those old school chalky medicines.
Anyhoo, any advice on all or some of the above would be great.
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