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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: SurreySteve on July 27, 2008, 19:54:39

Title: Fly Beetle
Post by: SurreySteve on July 27, 2008, 19:54:39
I seem to have fly beetle on my turnip seedlings. What would you do to prevent this or iradicate it?
Title: Re: Fly Beetle
Post by: calendula on July 27, 2008, 19:56:58
along with chinese cabbages, pak choy and radish at this time of year you have to fleece to avoid them - they make a real mess of the leaves
Title: Re: Fly Beetle
Post by: SurreySteve on July 27, 2008, 20:14:16
how will this affect my seedlings as they are pitted already, shall i fleece now.
Title: Re: Fly Beetle
Post by: bionear2 on July 27, 2008, 23:22:09
Give the foliage a good dusting with Derris to get rid of the beetles, then give them a liquid feed into the soil, to perk them up.

Then fleece them over, they should recover