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Hi All,
Just got back from holiday, and whilst most of the garden and veg patch is doing well, my swede plants have been destroyed by caterpillars. The leaves (which were huge!) look life leafy skeletons. The swede themselves seemed to be developing quite well, but I know you're not supposed to harvest them until October / November time when they've had a couple of frosts.
My question to you all is, is it worth leaving them in, or shall I give up, pull them all and plant some lettuce which I should get something out of still?
Thanks,
Dom
Just got back from holiday, and whilst most of the garden and veg patch is doing well, my swede plants have been destroyed by caterpillars. The leaves (which were huge!) look life leafy skeletons. The swede themselves seemed to be developing quite well, but I know you're not supposed to harvest them until October / November time when they've had a couple of frosts.
My question to you all is, is it worth leaving them in, or shall I give up, pull them all and plant some lettuce which I should get something out of still?
Thanks,
Dom
- have you got any fine netting to stop any more getting on them?
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