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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: Maidenheadtaff on August 12, 2008, 15:53:22

Title: Brussel Sproat
Post by: Maidenheadtaff on August 12, 2008, 15:53:22
My sprouts got eaten by plack fly some months back and i have grown a few more in the greenhouse.I want to plant them outthere's only three is there any way of protecting them from the pesky flies oh and slugs as we have huge ones in the garden apart from spraying with bugs gone.
Title: Re: Brussel Sproat
Post by: kt. on August 12, 2008, 19:20:32
You can protect them with fine mesh netting.  You can also keep  rhubarb leaves (if you have any left),  to ferment in water for a few weeks,  then water over the brassicas.  It is apparently a great insecticide.
Title: Re: Brussel Sproat
Post by: STEVEB on August 12, 2008, 22:58:18
is that any good?ive heard of using comfrey tea as a spray but not rhubarb tea?
Title: Re: Brussel Sproat
Post by: kt. on August 13, 2008, 08:16:24
Quote from: STEVEB on August 12, 2008, 22:58:18
is that any good?ive heard of using comfrey tea as a spray but not rhubarb tea?

Absolutely.
http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-uses.html