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Baz[_3_] · 15-05-2011, 12:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Dave Hill wrote in news:5bc92376-689b-4af6-
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On May 14, 5:25*pm, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Davy" *wrote ...

This year my radishes have grown well but are badly
damaged by a worm/maggot.
I thought that the usual maggot is not normally a
problem in the Spring. Anybody else had problems this
year?
I wont use pesticides cos no point in growing own
vegetables if full of poison; dont want to cover the
crop cos lines of radishes look nice in the veg beds but
lines of fleece do not.

Are you sure it's not Flea Beetle?

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Cabbage root fly?

Thats my bet.

If you are only growing them to look nice you don't have to wory about
them giving a crop

Radish grows quickly and you need to sow and harvest in strict succession
so the maggot does not mature. They will turn on your cabbages, caulli,
brussels sprouts, swede, broccolli etc. next(if you have them)
I put 4" square peices of carpet with a slit in them to shroud brassicas,
like a collar and it has worked fine for me last year. radish are too
numerous and fiddly to do this with?

I hope this helps, that fly/maggot is a real pain if not prevented.

Baz