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17/05/2008, 19:53 mogs Joined on 17/06/2007 Border of Lot/Dordogne Posts 82 Keeping insects off brassicas Apart from the chemicals you can buy, is there a natural way of keeping insects off of the brassicas?  I know that you can buy the fleecy stuff, but I wondered if there is another cheaper possibility.    Report

17/05/2008, 21:00 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,598 Re: Keeping insects off brassicas mogs, I am not being funny, but you could google 'keeping insects off brassicas', some of the answers I came up with quickly were: covering with fleece as you mention, planting through aluminium foil, filling yellow pans with water and planting aromatic plants nearby. There is quite a lot of info there.....the RHS site also may be worth exploring   www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

18/05/2008, 10:49 tracteurtom Joined on 09/01/2007 19 Correze Posts 330 Re: Keeping insects off brassicas I'd be interested to hear what you come up with.  Its very important to follow a crop rotation programme Yr 1  manure and Pots; Yr 2 Compost and legumes;  Yr 3 Brassicas;  Yr 4 Roots and Yr5 rest.   IMO Insecticide is a must for brassicas and is the only sure answer.  You need to spray spray and spray.  Brassicas are very suspectible to insect attack and it can ruin the crop very quickly.  I keep a spray ready mixed to hand and use as required.    Report

18/05/2008, 13:48 newbiee Joined on 29/12/2007 Posts 134 Re: Keeping insects off brassicas If you're growing brassicas you must net them, or the pigeons will get there first and they'll strip the plants before you get a look in.    Report

19/05/2008, 23:14 mogs Joined on 17/06/2007 Border of Lot/Dordogne Posts 82 Re: Keeping insects off brassicas We have tons of birds, some very pretty ones but so far I've not seen one pigeon in the garden.  Plenty of magpies, I suppose they probably do the same damage. Thanks for your helpful advice.    I did google beforehand RH, but thought I'd ask some of the forum experts what they thought too, the gardening section is usually very informative. Sorry if you felt I was asking a stupid question.      Report

20/05/2008, 0:11 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,598 Re: Keeping insects off brassicas Not at all mogs, I fancy the 'aromatic companion planting' myself but have never tried it... www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

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