I decided to pay special attention to brassicas this year. I laid aside a bed for them, manured it and made sure it was watered. I didn't count on the black fly.
I got two fist-sized cabbages out of it and that's all from about 20 plants. The reast were turned into crisps by a combination of blackfly and heat. Even my Nasturiums were dessicated by blackfly. I am consoled only by the fact that my neighbours have, like me, cofirmed a total write-off of cabbages, sprouts cauliflowers, etc. And judging by these plants at the garden centre today, even the pros are having trouble.
I have recently planted a few seeds of Savoy cabbage in the hope that they will mature late in the year when the bugs have gone.
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