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 rest 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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Any way to enclose them, such as plastic covered "greenhouse"?
Hi James, it might be possible, but my English neigbour tells me she used a cover specially designed to be anti-bugs and it didn't work for her.
Have you tried Enviromesh?
Works with most bugs...
Also, it's not too late to pop in some Kohl Rabi, which is a quick one to mature and tastes better IMHO!
Hi Scrobs, I have some Kohl Rabi seeds, I'll try some of those
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