maggots

[ckfe]

i've been growing something in a morrisons bucket.. not sure what it was, could have been cabbage, turnip or sprouts.. anyway, it'd been looking a bit ill, had windrock and the caterpillars had been at the leaves so i decided to put it out of it's misery today.. when i pulled it out the roots were covered in horrible little grub type maggots .. two questions, what the hell are they and how did they get into the bucket??

[TEB]

If it was brassicas in the bucket then it probably cabbage root fly offspring

[ckfe]

If it was brassicas in the bucket then it probably cabbage root fly offspring

does that mean i might have some in my raised beds too? i've found tons of little yellow eggs on the ones in the raised bed.. i keep squashing them but will that stop them?

[FionaH]

Little yellow eggs are from the cabbage moth butterfly, evil little white flappers! They turn into caterpillers and munch. I just squash them off every day

[Two_Sheds]

does that mean i might have some in my raised beds too?

Most likely, yes. Cabbage root fly treatment

[ckfe]

Most likely, yes. Cabbage root fly treatment

thing is, i won't actually know i've got them if i don't dig them up will i?

might make them some of those little collar things though

[Two_Sheds]

thing is, i won't actually know i've got them if i don't dig them up will i?

The main symptoms of the Cabbage Root Fly is stunted growth; discoloured leaves which wilt; finally collapsed plants

[ckfe]

The main symptoms of the Cabbage Root Fly is stunted growth; discoloured leaves which wilt; finally collapsed plants

i'm not quite sure which are my cabbages.. but i've got some that have got yellow leaves and also purple edged ones??

[gojiberry]

You never know with the cabbage root fly when or where it is going to strike next. I don't usually bother with collars and usually don't suffer to much. I loose the odd plant. I always make sure the plants are strong and healthy and of a reasonable size before I put them out on the lottie. I also understand that it is best to let the weeds grow around cabbages as it can confuse the fly. The only brassica I have affected is cabbages but supposedly it will attack any of them.

Ian

[TEB]

thing is, i won't actually know i've got them if i don't dig them up will i?

might make them some of those little collar things though

I would make the collars but dont plant where you have pulled brassicas that were infected as the offspring are more than likely in the soil.