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  • Spring brassicas

    Ok - so have just got a lottie, which is really over grown and needs loads of weeding...My mum has bought me loads of brassica plants to put in the bit i have already cleared to give me something to focus on as well as the clearance of the weeds.

    But will they be safe from cabbage white butterflies if I plant them out later in the month? I have never grown cabbages before so I have no idea what time of the year butterflies are a problem.

  • #2
    Cover them! Better safe than sorry and all that. Don't forget wood pigeons are quite partial to brassicas too.

    Mrs J

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    • #3
      Trust nothing that flies, crawls or leaves a slimy trail. It's a jungle out there...;-) Good luck!

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      • #4
        cover cover cover and then cover!
        aka
        Suzie

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        • #5
          The cabbage white caterpillars are currently munching their way through my horseradish leaves, on their way to becoming the next generation of egg-laying butterflies. If the warm weather continues we will have yet another hatching of eggs this year. So net everything.

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          • #6
            Butterflies aren't a problem in the winter, but the pigeons are voracious eaters of brassicas
            Last edited by Two_Sheds; 03-09-2009, 06:55 AM.
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              And white fly can be a nightmare in the winter if not netted.

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              • #8
                ...and don't forget the slug pellets!!!
                If it ain't broke...fix it til it is!

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                • #9
                  net em, slug defenses, search lights, razor wire, dogs.........
                  WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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