Cabbage

Hi All


Got a problem with a % of my cabbage something is eating them what do you recommend i spray them with got some bug killer but not sure if this will be okay maybe its fine for other things because it shows on the front of the container various vegtables etc which you can use it on but no cabbage shown any ideas welcome.

 

Can you post a photo?

All brassicas should be netted against Pigeons and Cabbage White butterfly :(

But could be slugs too ...

 

I will take a photo tomorrow and post i do however have nets over them.

 

My money is on slugs then (mind you, I'm only placing a small bet, just in case !!)

 

I paid £34.50 (eBay) for a 3M x 50M roll (plus £5.75 carriage, but I bought some other things too)

The two rows of eyelets (within the body of the net, there are an additional two rows on each edge) are a bit of a bore with debris netting, might be worth trying to find some that have no middle rows, or perhaps just one. I suspect I need to close them up.

The Fleece is more of a chore. Widest I found was 1.5M which doesn't cover anything, and I'm really struggling to keep it in place (two widths required across the width of a 4' bed, which catches the wind etc. etc.)

Actually, I do have a solution to that I've bought another packet of Sweetcorn seed and will resow in case the ones I planted WAY too early cop it :(

 

I have read that it is the same size mesh as Enviromesh, and doesn't block significant light. (It is heavier though, so canes may not be enough to support it)

 

Some photos two with holes in cabbage one showing debris netting which covers all of the cabbage somthing has been eating part of the cabbage ???

 

The image ws changed by photobucket Golfer, you will have either started to organise your photos into albums or you have tried to set upa slideshow or something-at least these are the two possible reasons I know the images show as yours do above.

 

No they're there Golfer.

I alwys sy this particular pest, but it looks as good a possibility as ever-caterpillrs.

 

I always attach my images to the message - Photobucket images often "disappear" in the future, which is not a lot of help to someone finding this as the perfect thread to answer their question in the future - and then discovering that the images are no more!!

Hopefully JWK, or someone else, will know what has eaten your cabbages. They look jolly good to me!

 

"I alwys sy this particular pest, but it looks as good a possibility as ever-caterpillrs."

Looks like that to me too, but I think its too early for caterpillars, so I didn't say anything ...

Mind you I've seen the Butterflies already, so if they've been up to hanky-panky I suppose there will be caterpillars ...