[RobertSongs]

There are catapillars in spain that you really dont want to be getting any closer than a long arms length too big,fat,itchy,hairy ones..sounds like a girl i once knew....ahem! any way...Between growing your own Oranges,Lemons,Olives and Grapes im suprised there is room for the humble Broccoli.

[parttimer]

Covering brassicas with enviromesh works for me although I have them in raised beds which is easier to cover than it would be for plants in open ground, I have cabbage, kale, brussels sprouts and swede all growing with next to no damage.The one bug I have difficulties with is the larvae of the dart moth that always seems to find a way under the mesh or perhaps their resident there.

I have purple kale in the open ground and other than mice in the winter they have been completely free from damage. Others brassicas that I risked planting in the open ground were decimated by birds, cabbage white caterpillars, slugs, snails and others.

Sorry to hijack the thread but Fisherman do you build a frame for your Enviromesh or place directly on top of the plants.