Tomato suckers/side shoots

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colinsmith

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Tomato suckers/side shoots
« on: November 29, 2012, 10:17 »
Has anyone tried laying tomato suckers/pruned side shoots onto brassicas?
I have read that these somehow fool the bugs and aphids into thinking they should be elsewhere, and leave the brassicas alone. 
Do any other allotmenteers have experience of this please?
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BabbyAnn

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Re: Tomato suckers/side shoots
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2012, 12:49 »
Cabbage white butterflies find their brassicas by tasting the air and it is possible to mask the scent with something else (examples - growing near lavender, waterubg wutg a foul smelling rhubarb leaf tea)  The tomato scent might do the same but for how long?

As for other bugs and aphid .... I doubt you'd fool them.


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