Does anyone have an answer for this? I've tried collars but still have too many failurs. Old boys have told me they used to dip the roots in a weak mixture of Jeyes fluid but that would not appear to be recommended on the tin of Jeyes. Others hagve said they use lime to overcome the problem but I am not sure what quantities. Last year I lost most sprouts and had to resow. These seemed to survive. Could late sowing help.
Mansel John in windy Cornwall
cabbage root fly
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I have found that by putting out strong healthy plants they have a better chance of survival.
I always pot on any of the brassicas into 6" pots before planting out. Then set the plants deeply up to their seed leaves. I may loose 1 or 2 but most survive and grow on very well.
Beryl.
I always pot on any of the brassicas into 6" pots before planting out. Then set the plants deeply up to their seed leaves. I may loose 1 or 2 but most survive and grow on very well.
Beryl.
I have mine in a seed bed, do you recommend transplanting them into pots and growing them on?
There is a guy on our plots who dips the whole plants in a solution of that organic seaweed fertislizer and swears that the smell is what does it.
Hope this helps
D
There is a guy on our plots who dips the whole plants in a solution of that organic seaweed fertislizer and swears that the smell is what does it.
Hope this helps
D
Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids.
I don't see why not. The root fly could attack your seedlings in the seed bed.
I've no idea about the use of seaweed but you could try some as an experiment.
Beryl.
I've no idea about the use of seaweed but you could try some as an experiment.
Beryl.