[Zippy]

I have two patches of Swedes. One is growing between Turnips and Beetroot - they are fine. The other patch is growing alongside Brocolli.

The Broccoli is fine, no caterpillars or anything, but the Swedes there have had their leaves stripped. The culprit is a thin grubby looking thing about 1cm long and a pale yellow.

Any idea what it is?

[SnooziSuzi]

Hello Zippy,

how many of them are there?  are there any signs of slugs as well?

you'll get a quicker and more accurate ID if you can post a pic - it's easier than you may think!

[lucywil]

this happened to mine as well, no idea what it is but i pulled on up this morning and they are growning fine underneath, it was a good size, so i'm not going to worry about it too much

[lincspoacher]

could be a member of the Cabinet, or possibly a Treasury Official..........