Thursday, 3 July 2025

Brassicas: A Dead Loss

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.

4 comments:

James Higham said...

Any way to enclose them, such as plastic covered "greenhouse"?

Mark In Mayenne said...

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.

Scrobs. said...

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!

Mark In Mayenne said...

Hi Scrobs, I have some Kohl Rabi seeds, I'll try some of those

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