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    This is my first successful (?) year of growing sprouts - but boy are they mucky!

    Any ideas what it is?

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    Suzie

  • #2
    I woild suggest aphids. Get rid of them quick or you won't be able to use the sprouts.
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      Take the worse affected leaves off . Last year we gave the sprouts a reet good haircut and they improved no end.
      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

      You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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      • #4
        Give them a wash with a pressure sprayer filled with plain water. Looks like aphids. Would have thought caterpillar frass but no holes apparent in the leaves.

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        • #5
          aphids excretions are sweet and sugary and turn to black mould. Can't really see from your pic if that is your problem.
          Last edited by Aberdeenplotter; 08-09-2012, 08:32 PM.

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          • #6
            Black mould describes it well AP
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            Suzie

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            • #7
              wash it off with a soft sponge. A little fairy washing up liquid won't do any harm but it will sort out any remaining aphids. Cheaper versions don't seem to work as well.

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