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So, it seems I'm under attack.
I had my suspicions when three cabbage seedlings went, and a kohlrabi started wilting, but I could find no culprits in the soil. Now though 14 of my 25 turnip seedlings have wilted, and I've found smug looking maggots at the base of each one. Most other brassicas in the same bed (a 4x4ft square foot gardening bed) had maggots at the roots too. They also look very much like the maggots that took out one of my sweetcorn, is it possible they chanced that too?
Is there anything I can do? I've watered all my beds with Nemasys Grow Your Own. Has anyone had any luck with this? I've also checked round all my brassicas, and picked out all the maggots I could find.
I do have mesh that I was going to fit over my beds, but now the maggots are here, is it too late? I couldn't find any maggots in my othe bed with brassicas in, should I mesh that one sharpish?
So frustrating. I also have a range of oriental brassica seeds I was going to plant out later in summer, should I just give up on that idea? Would I be OK if started indoors in modules, then planted out with collars in squares that hadn't had brassicas in? (they'd need to be different squares in the same beds, probably).
I had my suspicions when three cabbage seedlings went, and a kohlrabi started wilting, but I could find no culprits in the soil. Now though 14 of my 25 turnip seedlings have wilted, and I've found smug looking maggots at the base of each one. Most other brassicas in the same bed (a 4x4ft square foot gardening bed) had maggots at the roots too. They also look very much like the maggots that took out one of my sweetcorn, is it possible they chanced that too?
Is there anything I can do? I've watered all my beds with Nemasys Grow Your Own. Has anyone had any luck with this? I've also checked round all my brassicas, and picked out all the maggots I could find.
I do have mesh that I was going to fit over my beds, but now the maggots are here, is it too late? I couldn't find any maggots in my othe bed with brassicas in, should I mesh that one sharpish?
So frustrating. I also have a range of oriental brassica seeds I was going to plant out later in summer, should I just give up on that idea? Would I be OK if started indoors in modules, then planted out with collars in squares that hadn't had brassicas in? (they'd need to be different squares in the same beds, probably).
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