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    Using environmesh in winter

    Hi Everyone.....I have managed to defeat the cabbage white by covering my brassicas with environmesh, but have noticed lots of greyish eggs on my kale No sign of pupae or caterpillars. I think the eggs might be whitefly. I am wondering if I should remove the environmesh over winter. I have cabbages and broccolli in the same bed.

    Besides providing a nice environment for breeding, the mesh is a b....y nusiance during wet weather when harvesting!

    Any ideas on this....many thanks Christine
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    it's not eggs, it's mealy cabbage aphid. Squish 'em
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      I usually remove the Enviromesh once the threat of caterpillars is over - it can be handy to provide shelter from strong winds, but as you say, it also provides shelter for the smaller pests and the brassicas are hardy enough to cope with the weather (as long as the taller ones have a cane or some other support).

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        If you take your nets off ... watch out for pigeons!
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
          If you take your nets off ... watch out for pigeons!
          Good point Thankfully I've never had a problem with them!

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          • #6
            Many thanks.....have been out this afternoon squishing and spraying with a waterjet.....very satisfying

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            • #7
              I'm just wondering how the aphids got through the enviromesh in the fiirst place?
              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

              Diversify & prosper


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              • #8
                I didn't put it on right from the start Snadger...... A lesson learned I'm afraid....it will go before the seeds germinate next year

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