So this year, I decided to try something new in the brassica bed. Instead of the usual netting, I decided to try using BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) to keep the cabbage worms at bay.
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So far, I've harvested over 11 lbs. of Aspabroc from the 4 plants I'm growing
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This was not so much brought about by my desire to try something new, but rather the fact that the netting for this bed had torn. Both the broccoli and onions have special netting as they are too tall for the standard size. In both cases, I have to sew two lengths of netting together to get the required height.
This spring, I realized that one of the nets was torn and would require serious patching (i.e. sewing). The onions took priority so they received the intact netting. The brassica bed (which this season holds broccoli and some newly sown kohlrabi & cabbage) was covered with the smaller netting until the broccoli grew too large, at which point I removed the netting. I then waited until I saw cabbage worm activity to apply BT, an organic solution which only affects caterpillars.