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hi all,
sqaushed a few cabbage white eggs which was on my cabbages, which are now netted, should i also net my brocolli, cauli, and sprouts?don't appear to have eggs on these at the moment. thanks.

net it all if you can, and try and make sure the the net is not touching the leaves - the butterflies and moths can, and will, lay through the net.

The fun has only just started!

If you can afford it, use wondermesh or envorimesh, it's expensive but really worthwhile as nothing can get through it.

I have everything under nets and yesterday down the allotment, I saw alot of cabbage whites around.

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Do I lay fleece directly onto the leaves of the plants? I've seen pictures that look as though it is just draped over the plants without any support.

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Digger-07

"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right" Henry Ford.

fleece is different - they can't lay through it, so you can drape it over. In my garden, in mid-summer, fleece is too hot, however. My veg hates it.

My garden: too dark, too hot, too windy, too small... there's always some problem!

Thanks CC, overheating has never been a problem here but I will keep my eye on things.

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Digger-07

"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right" Henry Ford.

Big things by midsummer those brussels! i found that the butterflies got inside the fleece anyway.

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