All entries for Saturday 03 October 2015

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Yesterday we found:

• 0 male and 7 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
• 38 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 4 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 3 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
• 10 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
• 17 small white butterflies (3 traps)

Cabbage whitefly is abundant on our plots of kale. There is a small infestation of currant-lettuce aphid on our trial plots. Cabbage aphid numbers are building up in some of our brassica plots.

Rosemary Collier : 03 Oct 2015 07:05 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem