Brussel leaves like lace!

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Lottie Digger

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Brussel leaves like lace!
« on: July 08, 2016, 18:52 »
My Brussels are netted and its too small a net for butterflies to get through but something is eating the leaves. Can't see anything on them and have put down slug bait but not caught any culprits! Any suggestions please 👍

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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 19:18 »
There is another moth that can get through most netting, it might be those eating your veg.

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=123709.msg1454588#msg1454588

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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2016, 10:38 »
That does sound very likely tbh
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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2016, 19:46 »
Same happened here - the leaves were almost stripped to the bone!

I hit them all with a dose of Resolva Bug-Hater or similar, and they all picked up after a couple of weeks, and are in fine fettle now!

They'll grow through this, but you may well need a few chemicals...

Sorry if you're organic - I don't know of anything else to deal with the problem!

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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2016, 09:02 »
Debris netting is an effective deterrent, Growster, to think about for the next brood of the little lovelies coming along!

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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2016, 21:29 »
Might be flea beetles

They tend to leave lots of little holes, and are hard to spot

To check for those shove a sheet of sticky paper under the plant, and wander away.
When you return tap the plant, and they tend to all drop off when the plant is disturbed
But being small are hard to spot
And fit through lots of mesh...
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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2016, 06:05 »
Debris netting is an effective deterrent, Growster, to think about for the next brood of the little lovelies coming along!

Good point, KC, but will that keep the blighters in or keep them out? I don't actually know where they are at the moment!

It seems that the plants have now recovered, and may need staking (there are only six, so it wouldn't take long).
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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2016, 16:07 »
Debris netting is an effective deterrent, Growster, to think about for the next brood of the little lovelies coming along!

Good point, KC, but will that keep the blighters in or keep them out? I don't actually know where they are at the moment!

It seems that the plants have now recovered, and may need staking (there are only six, so it wouldn't take long).

It took me a couple of hours to close check 18 plants, both sides of each leaf, for the tiny green caterpillars, whilst clapping to squash any moths. But it did the job

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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2016, 17:23 »
You've done enough work to film a re-run of the classic sketch  - 'The Sprouts of Evil', by The Young Ones, KC!

Well done for all that!

I did find some minute galls on some of the leaves this morning, and that may be a sign of what happened, so I'll keep an eye on the little darlings..;0)

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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2016, 20:57 »
Interesting post. My Brussels have had a similar attack despite debris netting. I will have to give the leaves a careful check for the responsible bugs.

Cheers HH
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Re: Brussel leaves like lace!
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2016, 17:05 »
Thanks everybody! I've given then a squirt of bug spray and the new leaves seem ok next year it will be fleece me thinks :D



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