Andy Spragg wrote:

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:37:25 +0100, Carol Hague wrote:

My cauliflowers got badly eaten earlier this year, by some sort of
caterpillar, I think.

Me too - I've never tried to grow caulis before so I am Sore Disappointed.
What baffles me is that the caulis are in one raised bed, and the brussels
sprouts are in an adjacent raised bed. Caulis have been all but
annihilated, whereas brussels are effectively unscathed and growing like
mad things.

Given they are both brassica, can anyone hazard a guess as to the
differential coefficient of pest damage?

Lazy butterflies ? :-)

It does seem odd though. On my allotment the cabbages were affected too,
albeit not as badly as the cauliflowers and they've recovered better for
the most part.

I didn't have any sprouts in at the time (they couldn't be arsed to
germinate even) so I can't help with any info there.


--
Carol
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that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is
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