All entries for Friday 28 February 2020
February 28, 2020
Update on pest activity at Wellesbourne
We have trapped a few more bean seed flies. Totals from 3 yellow water traps:
18 Feb 12
25 Feb 7
No carrot flies or cabbage root flies have been trapped.
We've also been counting the aphids on our overwintering carrots:
10 January (first sowing in 2019) 0.6 per plant
31 January (first sowing) 0.7 per plant
26 February (second sowing in 2019) 14.3 per plant
All of these are wingless.