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    turnip beasties

    My turnips ( think the were snowball), all the leaves went yellow. Being a nosy so and so i decided to pull one up. Once i pulled it up it was like something out of a horror movie. The soil was riddled with little white maggots........ ewwww.
    Luckly they are being grown in pots, so nothing else will be affected.
    Any ideas what these might be?
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    Cabbage root fly. Horrible
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Enviromesh or fine mesh of some type is probably your only solution to the problem. As far as I know ALL soil insecticides for amatuer use are now banned...........probably with good reason!
      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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      • #4
        cheers guys, just googled the little monsters. I have pulled up all the turnips and am going to start again.
        Thanks for your help x

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        • #5
          use collars around the plant and net on the top to prevent this... Last year my turnips were affected too but the damage was not that bad. I had to chuck only some of them... but I wasnt happy by the activity of maggots...
          http://bageechah.blogspot.com/

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