"Broadback" wrote in message
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Bertie Doe wrote:
"Robert (Plymouth)" wrote in message
"Bertie Doe" wrote in message
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I see they've stopped selling the milky pesticide (can't remember the
name) that you diluted with water and then dipped root for 10 mins. I
know you can get discs of some sort, but I'll be planting 100 assorted
brassicas. I'm not as to the effectiveness of these. Any alternatives?

Bertie
I converted fully last year to using shed felt cut into squares and put
around the base of the plant at planting out time. The shed felt is
quite reasonable at the large diy store. I cut it into squares about 4"
x 4"with a slit in the middle to half way and put two around the base of
each plant, inserting them so that the bottom slit is covered by the top
one. Works a treat.


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Thanks Robert, I'll be give Trago Mills or Saltash a bash in the next
week or so. That's assuming it's not too early for onion sets and potato
seed.

Bertie
Similarly I cut length of damp proof course rolls into approx 4" lengths,
cut into them about 2 inches then used 2 for each plant. Easy, worked and
am re-using some three years old.

Thanks Broadback. Three years you say, now that's my kind of language. Is it
a sort of waxed material, similar to Robert's roof felt?

Bertie
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