All entries for Saturday 05 September 2015
September 05, 2015
AHDB Project FV 416b – cabbage root fly egg counts in Cornwall
The egg counts from early July up to Monday 31st August are as follows - they show the mean numbers of eggs per plant per week found around a sample of 20 plants per location:
Helston | Hayle | Gwithian | Truro | St Columb | |
06-Jul | 2.3 | 0.55 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
13-Jul | 3.95 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.45 |
20-Jul | 1.05 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.15 | 0.4 |
27-Jul | 0.45 | 0.65 | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.95 |
03-Aug | 1.9 | 1.55 | 0.15 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
10-Aug | 0.55 | 0.95 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 1.55 |
17-Aug | 0.3 | 0.84 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
24-Aug | 0.05 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 1.8 |
31-Aug | 0 | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.25 | 0.45 |
Pest update from Wellesbourne
Yesterday we found:
- 9 male and 12 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
- 12 bean seed flies (3 traps)
- 8 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
- 36 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
- 24 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
- 14 small white butterflies (3 traps)