[Market-farming] agribon 15
Shawnee Flowerfarmer
farmingflowers at hotmail.com
Fri May 9 22:51:01 EDT 2008
This (below) is just the coolest creative idea. I had a forehead slapping...der!...moment when I read your explanation. The wretched cabbage butterfly drives me crazy and the tulle/net idea is much less fraught than using BT has become. (Count on a woman to notice things in the fabric store that are handy.) Thanks. Shawnee, zone 5, and it must be spring since I pinched the first tic of the season yesterday.>> > I use it for the cole crops (brassicas) only, and we don't want them to> produce fruit. We eat the leaves (e.g., collards, kale and many Asian> greens), or the flower buds (e.g., broccoli, cauliflower) or stalks. So> pollination is not a problem for these plants. > > I leave it on until harvest. I put it on right at transplanting UNLESS> we're still having really cold weather (below freezing at night) and I feel> certain that the butterflies aren't here yet. Then I can wait a little> bit... but it's really better to put it on at transplanting.> > This would not work for plants that are:> > a. Pollinated by insects> and> b. From which we want fruit (squashes, cukes, etc.)> > But it's fine for the brassicas.> > Again, the holes are large enough to admit the flies that lay eggs which> develop into beet/spinach/chard leaf miners. The holes are large enough to> admit flea beetles. But it sure does work beautifully against cabbage> butterflies and moths. > > I often see the white butterflies fluttering around the plants; they can> smell or see them, obviously - but they can't get to them. Hahaha. :)> Take that, you evil butterfly! Eventually, they give up and fly away.> > Pat> -- > Northern Pennsylvania> > CLICK DAILY TO FEED THE HUNGRY> http://www.thehungersite.com/> _______________________________________________> Market-farming mailing list> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming>
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