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Cabbage Root Fly

arctictree · 2009-06-09 08:56:11

Looks like my Turnips are ravaged by this pest! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_root_fly Did some googling and looks like the only way to protect them is to cover by very fine netting. The alternative of putting colars on the plants isn't really practical for Turnips (as they dont transplant well). Has anyone here had…

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09-06-2009 9:56am

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arctictree

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Looks like my Turnips are ravaged by this pest!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_root_fly

Did some googling and looks like the only way to protect them is to cover by very fine netting. The alternative of putting colars on the plants isn't really practical for Turnips (as they dont transplant well).

Has anyone here had this problem and how have you solved it?

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