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Old 11-05-2008, 05:50 PM
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I was told years ago to put a bit of rhubarb stem down the hole when planting greens. to stop root flea. has anyone else heard of this?
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Ok. what is root flea?
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I've used rhubarb leaves (successfully) to counteract clubroot but I don't think they would help against cabbage root fly? A known defense against cabbage root fly is to use collars or wrap the stems with silver paper!
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