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Grrrr....cabbage whites....
On 2013-07-26 15:53:48 +0100, Indigo said:
"David.WE.Roberts" wrote I've sown some old greyhound cabbage seeds in trays to see if they were still viable and have had a few germinate. So I had perhaps 6-8 seedlings in two mushroom trays (the brown ones you buy mushrooms in) out on a shelf down the garden, waiting to be planted out. Yesterday they were surrounded by a crowd of cabbage white butterflies, and the tiny leaves were covered top and bottom with little white posts which I assume are eggs. [...] I am seriously considering doing the same because nothing is worse than putting in a load of work and a load of plants just to see them all eaten. Oh dear. I know the feeling. My broccoli plants kept getting eaten into green lace each year, despite the usual net, so this time I've made a cage with brand new netting which is smaller gauge (5x7mm) and so far they've not been able to shimmy their way through, despite trying hard. I remembered to put cardboard collars to defeat cabbage root fly too, which was another pest that attacked last year. There does seem to be a sudden huge increase in white butterfly numbers over the last few days. The garden's alive with them atm; they seem to be partial to Scabious or Lavender flowers when they can't get brassicas. There are some butterflies around that might be mistaken for cabbage whites, apparently. I've recently read that they've been seen in considerable numbers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...h-gardens.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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