How To Make A Brassica Cage, Growing Brassica, Protecting Tall Brassica Plants

How To Make A Brassica Cage, Growing Brassica, Protecting Tall Brassica Plants
It’s that time of year when you need to think about protecting plants in the Brassica family from problematic pests such as cabbage whitefly and the much more voracious caterpillars of the cabbage white butterfly.
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[@mandylavida]

I like this project. It looks good as well as being practical

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Thanks Mandy, much appreciated.
The cage certainly should be better than a small shop bought alternative.
Enjoy your growing season too 🌸

[@trishmcmahon1617]

I love what you did there. The cabbage moth and caterpillars are notorious here in Australia as well. I'm going to give this method a try next spring, thank you.

[@diyhomeandgardening]

Trish, many thanks for watching and taking the time to message.
The caterpillars are so destructive that it’s worth spending some time and money to protect the crops.
Hope you have a great growing season 🌼

[@andrewdowniephd]

We have Kohlrabi, lettuce and broccoli under the blue hoops and strawberry netting but think we will have to plan on building some structures with insect netting, more for the extra height. We've been lucky regards pests so far, although slugs and snails have been an issue this year.

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@andrewdowniephd
Hi Andrew.
I only use insect mesh at my plot as find it works well to stop most pests, although can then restrict pollinators insect from getting to plants that need pollinating.
Slugs have been a real issue this year and unfortunately still get under the mesh.
Hope you get some good crops 🍓