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Cabbages etc
Mark Quinney
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hi all, I have my cabbages etc all in cages as last year they all got destroyed by pigeons. They are now quite established, can I remove the protection??
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I wouldn't !!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Pigeons just love big juicy cabbage plants!
Last year I covered my cabbage with double grade fleece from planting time and had no trouble what so ever from pigeons, nor did I have one single cabbage white caterpillar! Moreover, you can water through the fleece without removing it.
Double grade fleece [usually sold as frost protection for greenhouses] is much tougher than standard grade fleece, mine being sound enough for a couple of more seasons, and is not at all expensive.