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Cabbage white

IgrowfromseedIgrowfromseed Posts: 284
in Fruit & veg
Just sprayed the ·bacillus thuringiensis on the brassicas as the cabbage whites have just started flying. Seen a couple under the netting- can’t fathom how the fit in!

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    They can (and will) squeeze through netting holes larger than about 7mm.  Very persistent and fly round and round my brassica netting, often settling on it and seeing if they can walk their way in! 
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    I dusted my grapes with sulphur this morning and threw a dash over my brassicas just for luck.  No cabbage whites so far!  Can't be as easy as that - surely?!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • IgrowfromseedIgrowfromseed Posts: 284
    tui34 said:
    I dusted my grapes with sulphur this morning and threw a dash over my brassicas just for luck.  No cabbage whites so far!  Can't be as easy as that - surely?!!
    Haven’t heard of sulphur working on butterfly caterpillars 
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