A question I forgot to ask

pclark42 · January 2023

Hello, and Happy New Year to all.

Last year was a bit disaster with my Veg, all my own fault, and the very hot weather played a part, the cabbage whites won 10-0. but during the end of the season and just after a rain shower, the sun came out, and with it a million tiny little white flies, I had never seen these before. Well a couple of weeks later I was in my neighbour's garden discussing how to foil the pests, he pulled up a cabbage that the caterpillars had ravaged, and thousands of those tiny white flies came off it, what the hell are they?

JennyJ · January 2023

Probably cabbage whitefly

https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/cabbage-whitefly

Dovefromabove · January 2023

And a Happy New Year to you too

Very probably they were Whiteflies ...https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/cabbage-whitefly

There'salso another sort which are more usually a problem on houseplants or in greenhouses, the weather last summer and autumn was perfect for them

https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/solve-problems/whitefly/

Obelixx · January 2023

You need to cover your brassicas this year. We use plastic hoops, tall enough for broccoli, and put insect netting over it, held down with clips on the hoops and wooden boards or metal pegs at ground level. The netting lets in sunshine and rain but not the cabbage whites.

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