sprout problem (what is it)

[jud1255]

anybody tell me what you think this is , its on the 1st 2 plants in a row of possbly 20 .
as now only the first 2 plants are infected shall i pull them up and destroy them ?
or would it be safe to eat the sprouts infected ?.
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[jud1255]

[Bugloss2009]

looks like the remains of an attack by grey aphids. Can you see any living things on the leaves?

[jud1255]

looks like the remains of an attack by grey aphids. Can you see any living things on the leaves?

no mate, no life at all.  whatever they were they been an gone and i reckon theyre possibly eggs ? not sure .

[Digeroo]

I had millions about two weeks ago.   Great clouds of them came up everytime I brushed agianst the plants.  Finally got my act together and arrived 10 days later armed with a spray containing fairy.  The whole place was covered in hover flies and hardy an aphid in sight.  I have found no caterpillars on the aphid ridden ones. 

[Bugloss2009]

I expect the wasps have done for them. The plants will hopefully recover. The big holes in your leaves were caterpillars  I expect. Have they all gone too?

Cabbage root fly did for all my brassicas (2nd year running  ??? ) - so I am no expert at growing brassicas  :)

[jud1255]

thanks all ,
i just had a closer look .
I do have  caterpillars  and i also found some slugs sleeping on the leafs  (little bl--ders).
im gonna have to keep an eye on them cos theyre all infected. Soapy water and slug pellets here we go .