[pdblake]

A couple of years ago I grew a cabbage called Kalibos that is red when growing but turns green on cooking. The cabbage whites left it alone as far as I can remember.

[Grubbypaws]

LotuSeed, I cant believe that you manage to grow blueberries without netting.  If mine were not under cover the blackbirds would eat the lot.

[LottyLouis]

Fascinating thread and beautifully illustrates how different everyone's growing conditions are. Even on the same site, different plots are prone to different beasties. Gardening, huh? If it was easy - everyone would be doing it! 

[ptarmigan]

I've not netted my sprouts this year...but planted nasturtiums round them.  I'm going to keep an eye on them and rub off any eggs. 

I've got PSB and cabbage in that I have netted but only on small hoops so will have to do something a bit higher for PSB. 

Kale I haven't netted this year.   Biggest issue with that is pigeons and pheasant, but they seem to ignore it when it gets bigger. 

Fruit, I've only netted the strawberries, redcurrants I share with the birds as I inherited the bush and I'm not that keen!  Blackcurrants - don't net, I have loads and the birds seem to largely ignore them.

It's so cumbersome taking the nets down to weed and fixing them back - that I figure a bit of time rubbing off butterfly eggs is probably quicker.