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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: Mr Smith on December 18, 2010, 10:16:44

Title: Bugs and the cold spell
Post by: Mr Smith on December 18, 2010, 10:16:44
With this cold spell and all the snow are we likely to encounter fewer  bugs  that attack our allotments every year, :)
Title: Re: Bugs and the cold spell
Post by: manicscousers on December 18, 2010, 10:21:09
I hope so but fear not  ;D
Title: Re: Bugs and the cold spell
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on December 18, 2010, 12:48:26
The cold must get some things, but the pea moth was back last year, after having temporarily disappeared because of a couple of dire summers. Unfortunately, a lot of the insects we want were also hit. This weather is going to affect small birds very badly, which reduces predation on insects until numbers build up again.