tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post2946697542332423267..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: Diamond-back moth danger to Brassica plants - warning from Highlands & Islands Growers groupGraisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-61392228535132566602020-07-23T08:39:42.463+00:002020-07-23T08:39:42.463+00:00Thank-you I am now quite familiar with the wee bea...Thank-you I am now quite familiar with the wee beasties!. By dilligent inspection of every leaf! I seem to be keeping it under control. I have seen a couple of "rafts" of eggs but guess they must be laid singly as well as they keep coming. Also the caterpillars sometimes<br /> know I am coming and drop off the leaf on a fine thread!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861606111535787717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-76172237277045251332020-07-22T11:36:10.784+00:002020-07-22T11:36:10.784+00:00Almost impossible to get decent photos of the moth...Almost impossible to get decent photos of the moths because they are so quick-moving. But there are some good photos on the internet if you Google the moth, but they tend to make it look huge, whereas it's smaller than clothes moths! Fortunately the colder, wetter weather seems to have stopped a major outbreak, but I still have some on unprotected kale, watercress and wallflower. The damage Archie McLarennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-14934072067837113862020-07-09T16:23:27.970+00:002020-07-09T16:23:27.970+00:00My pest book said to inspect weekly and squash the...My pest book said to inspect weekly and squash the eggs and caterpillars. I have been doing..I do not have many (and have also covered rather roughly with fleece) but I have no pictures to see what i am looking for. Are the caterpillars tiny and brown? Thank-you for the warning which was relayed to me by a friend..The search also alerted me to a cabbage white...Many thanks for the info.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861606111535787717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-32412405347001711222020-06-26T08:40:14.965+00:002020-06-26T08:40:14.965+00:00Doesn't affect me personally, but good to read...Doesn't affect me personally, but good to read such well informed interesting information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com