Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: rowlandwells on October 16, 2018, 17:57
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although I netted my raised bed when I planted my brussels sprouts when I walked past the bed the other day it was like snow coming of the crop aphids rampant obviously the netting wasn't fine enough should have used environment netting :ohmy:
last year I sprayed the brussels with a mixture of washing up liquid and cooking oil never had an aphid problem and used the same netting maybe I planted the crop to close this year and I never sprayed because of unforeseen problems
how come you never see any aphids in field crops all grown and picked to supermarket spec in a 40 acre field when my raised bed is only 8/10 :( aphids having a ball :nowink:
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I suspect that what else you never see are the gallons of chemicals sprayed onto field crops.
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all be it gallons of chemicals how many brussels sprouts will be sold in the supermarkets and market stalls now and at Christmas?