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Title: Club Root/Cabbage Root Fly
Post by: Susiebelle on July 18, 2010, 14:33:45

Can anyone point me in the right direction to compare pictures of these. I thought I had club root but not sure what roots effected by the cabbage root fly look like :-\

Title: Re: Club Root/Cabbage Root Fly
Post by: davyw1 on July 18, 2010, 18:15:33

Cabbage root fly
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/stumpinsci/Image25.gif)

club root
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/stumpinsci/clubroot.jpg)

Title: Re: Club Root/Cabbage Root Fly
Post by: Susiebelle on July 18, 2010, 19:58:08

Thanks Davyw1 - Club Root it is - but I now know what Cabbage Root Fly looks like, Didn't realise that the grubs would carry on feeding on the root

Title: Re: Club Root/Cabbage Root Fly
Post by: Bugloss2009 on July 18, 2010, 20:10:21

club root isn't necessarily fatal. I bet lots of us have it. I certainly do (not, me, the cabbages)

cabbage root fly is

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