When you harvest and prepare your holey cabbages, take off the outer leaves, quarter them lengthwise and leave them submerged in a bowl of salty water for half an hour or so - the salt will cause the demise of the creepy crawlies, they will relax their grip on the leaves and can be easily washed off
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I use raised beds as well, I found when I didnt firm in the brussel plants enough, the buds 'blew' so they looked like more like mini cabbages where the sprouts should be, they tasted fine in stir fry, but didnt look so great with the christmas roast
Two years running I have found using slug nematodes have saved all my crops. I have an allotment with raised beds so I can choose where to put the nematodes. It works and except for the initial watering in it is so easy.
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When you harvest and prepare your holey cabbages, take off the outer leaves, quarter them lengthwise and leave them submerged in a bowl of salty water for half an hour or so - the salt will cause the demise of the creepy crawlies, they will relax their grip on the leaves and can be easily washed off
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I use raised beds as well, I found when I didnt firm in the brussel plants enough, the buds 'blew' so they looked like more like mini cabbages where the sprouts should be, they tasted fine in stir fry, but didnt look so great with the christmas roast
Two years running I have found using slug nematodes have saved all my crops. I have an allotment with raised beds so I can choose where to put the nematodes. It works and except for the initial watering in it is so easy.