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Protection of your brassica - Curly - 27-05-2020
How do you protect your plants from pests I came across a reference about a homemade garlic spray has anyone tried making a garlic spray and if so how good is it and what does it protect your brassicas from
RE: Protection of your brassica - Can the Man - 27-05-2020
The only thing works for me is a net all round to keep pigeons and rabbits out.
RE: Protection of your brassica - Curly - 28-05-2020
Thanks Can the Man but how do you control the slugs and snails
RE: Protection of your brassica - Small chilli - 28-05-2020
Nematodes for slimy ones. Net for everything else.
RE: Protection of your brassica - Can the Man - 28-05-2020
(28-05-2020, 12:26 AM)Curly Wrote: Thanks Can the Man but how do you control the slugs and snailsCurly as they are netted off I sprinkle slug pellets around them, no birds or animals can get in at them. Not so many now with the warm dry weather.
RE: Protection of your brassica - Bren - 28-05-2020
I net and use a few organic slug pellets one year I planted a spare kale in a bucket it lasted 2 days before it was stripped to a stalk. Never again.
RE: Protection of your brassica - Greenfingers - 28-05-2020
Blue pellets of death for slitherers. Netting for everything else. If it was allowed I would use an air gun for anything with legs or wings.....at least that would be target specific.
RE: Protection of your brassica - Veggie - 28-05-2020
My apologies in advance.
Every time I read the title of this thread, its "Protection of your brassiere".
Sorry, I'll get my coat................and the rest of my underwear.
RE: Protection of your brassica - Moth - 29-05-2020
Netting over the kale. And since that stops the frog and the blackbirds getting at the slugs, I sprinkle a few pellets under the netting if there seem to be lots of slugs - I have those tiny black ones that are so hard to see in the soil. The dry weather seems to be keeping numbers down though. elsewhere in the garden I leave predators and pests to get on with it.
RE: Protection of your brassica - Small chilli - 14-06-2020
I got my frame built today ( about time ). I covered it with net.
I’ll get mor net for next year so I can do the other end of the bed as well.
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