Help, Got cauliflowers, Cabbage and Callabrasse. but they are full of caterpillars. I try to get the eggs off by hand. Is the only way to net them. I soak in salt water before I cook them but there are that many floating about that I am never quite sure. Some people are not that bothered but I just can`t eat em. :'(
Which reminds me I need to do a squishing session... netting isn't fine enough to keep them out... :-X
I have 8mm net on my brassicas it stops the lepidoptera varieties.
Look at the sprout and blackcurrant cages on my video.
Cabbage White can get through 10mm net!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N0m5Qt1iprok
Thank you for your replies, I thought I could use debris or scaffolding netting, I know a man supplies netting of that kind . what do you think. :-\
I'm finding it useful this year. But it's too heavy for seedlings laid direct - unlike Fleece or 8mm netting.
I hate caterpillars in cauli or calabrese so I net my brassica bed with enviromesh - also keeps the aphids off. Expensive but said to last 10 yrs. Had this now for 4 years and haven't seen any deterioration in the net.