Has anybody used one of those 'build-a-ball' kits, which link bamboo canes
or tubing together. I was thinking of buying one to make a small frame to
cover in netting when I plant out my broccoli - until the 'cabbage whites'
have gone. The method I used last year, utilising some plastic mesh
fencing for the sides & covering the top in mesh, worked very well but was
difficult to get inside to weed (necessitated removing the 1,000 or so
clothes pegs securing it! I felt almost sorry for the butterflies watching
them admit defeat as they flew around looking for a way in!

I will be interested if anybody has any other ideas for a simple frame.

Many thanks
Ros
Chichester
West Sussex, UK.

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Has anybody used one of those 'build-a-ball' kits, which link bamboo canes
or tubing together. I was thinking of buying one to make a small frame to
cover in netting when I plant out my broccoli - until the 'cabbage whites'
have gone.
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TBH I can't imagine anyone bothering to go to such trouble.

The reason I "went to so much trouble" is because the year before, I
completely lost all my broccoli, which didn't recover - thanks to the
caterpillars

whites lay their eggs in patches on the underside of leaves ,during a
fairly short summer period. I just keep an eye out for the egg patches,
or if I miss one, the newly hatched caterpillars which are still close
together, and tear off that section of leaf.
If I had torn off that section of leaf, there would have been no leaves
left. Maybe we have more butterflies around here!

Ros



Chichester
West Sussex, UK.