I have never seen so many caterpillars in one bed Terry, Sorry about the club root. Once my beds are empty the nets are taken off and left off until i am going to plant into that bed again. Blackberries and Raspberries look succulent. The old guy behind me has Street light covers that he uses on his brassicas, Not sure of they are the same as yours but they are conical in shape. Have a great week, love to you and Mrs K mate 💙❤
Good morning, Terry, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA Watched completely with ads and enjoyed your "spot on" observations. I'm glad you and Mrs.K are appreciating each day. ❤Peggy❤
Lovely soft fruit harvest. All my brassica have been annihilated what the slugs didn't get the caterpillars did. I'm gutted because I did extra to share with family. I'm having a good year for peppers so swings and roundabouts comes to mind. Thanks Terry and take care
Hi Terry, oh no! That is,a lot of caterpillas! Shame about the clubroot too 😢 wow! A lot of fruit harvesting! Well done. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
About a year ago I told you I hadn't found a toilet brush that fit my drill. I think I finally found one I may need to shave it down a bit to fit. Can't wait to try this trick I learned from you!
Love this type of recyling, wonderful. Shame about the Brassicas and good on you for not killing, live and let live 10/10. The club root resistant Brassica varieties do work well, but more expensive per plant. Another great video Terry
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Yeah I always grow Killaton (now replaced by killastor?) and grow football sized heads wheras Cabbice are pathetic and another I have grown the same.
You have just reminded me,I forgot to cover back up my Brussels sprouts. Mot of my cauliflowers,and broccoli bolted ,I think the heat and rain mixed didn't help. Sorry yours were a banquet for them. Thank you re educating us about the clubroot. I didn't see it,heard but not seen. So sorry Terry.
Oh no Terry 😮 but you have got some great finds 😂 the heat here hasn’t been kind to my brassicas either (covered or not) 🤬and pumpkins are just starting to kick off now. Been a funny old season growing wise. And would like to send my love and best wishes to Mrs K (I had been watching on tv) sending you both big hugs 🤗 and a pat to that beautiful dog 🐾😘
Such gorgeous berry abundance Terry. Those caterpillars gave me the Willie's 😮. I've been hit hard with them this year also, but as I don't cover, I believe my many robin's in the bed eat the worms a bit.
Fruit harvest looks delicious 😋, it's been a caterpillar , blk fly , and slug year for me , no white fly or green fly like last year we just have to put up with it👍
Hi Terry, love your ingenuity! Too bad the critters invaded your brassicas. They must've been tasty with those nice healthy root systems. I'm sorry I've been AWOL. The blasted COVID got me 🤒 ~ Sandra
I had my cabbages, caulis and kohl rabi under mesh this year, kept the flea beetles off, plants performed amazingly, then somehow the 'whites' got in, ended up with stripy caterpillars and green ones too! No idea how they managed it, so collected them up and popped them onto some spares I'd thrown in around the plot, they've enjoyed demolishing those plants, birds have had a few to eat, but nature is preserved!
Shhh don’t tell the cabbage whites I have spectacular sprouts hiding from them. I don’t mind a wee share but come on stop being such 🤬🤬 greedy caterpillars 🐛. Interesting how our ideas change Gerald used to hunt and clean his own deer, now he can’t even kill a mouse 🐁 and I’m ok with that mentality. So sorry about the club root 😢. 5:22 I love the community of gardeners if only the world had more gardeners it would be a better place. Hope you have a fantastic day and Mrs K is good and even better tomorrow ❤, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
In 40 years of growing brassicas have never had club root, listened to the older men that I worked with when doing my Apprenticeship in Horticulture and Gardening. Rotation, Rotation, Rotation. Do a four year rotation, been no dig for over 32 years.
I emptied 8 half barrels today and there were loads of the light green caterpillars in them, so I understand when you say that they may still be in the compost.
Hi Terry so when these white butterflies stop coming out after summer because they make a mess of my okra, cabbage, beans and squash they look so cruel on your plants omg do you spray with anything Terry you put so much into your garden that’s lovely I wish I could do all that ❤
I have a poly brasica bed, with my onions, coriander, and.french marigold to try and disguise the scent. The sides are trampoline black very fine mesh and top is bird mesh. I also planted several cabbages and nasturtium in unnetted beds / pots as sacrificial plants, the 1st flush of nasturtiums and sac brassicas have been almost annialated but (touch wood) im only dealing with snail and slug damage in the bed
Those caterpillars 😮🐛🐛🐛🐛I hope the sprouts survive, most important for Christmas😋. I am increasingly trying to grow in harmony with nature, nature has billions more years of experience than we do!
Hi Terry. Always think outside the box with blinds and fire grates. Our boiler has been replaced, and I made sure I got the water tank for a potential carrot bed. Boysoboys, your caterpillar population. I bet you're going to keep a close eye on your brussels. Club root. Yep, I'm sure I'd rather make my own compost than possibly import any diseases. It should be heat treated but who knows. Terry 👍 Mrs K 💕 Elaine 🌱
@allotmentjoy recycling is something that I am passionate about and Gardeners world haven't been back in touch after my conversation about this subject, she wasn't impressed with me.......🤣
I'm the same terry bloody catapilars have destroyed my large cabbages and they were netted all round and top ,so I've taken the top net off hoping the birds will come for a feast😅,😅
Lots of people use council recycled green waste and I must admit it horrifies me as they can have no idea what it contains. even if heat treated i am not sure it would get rid of weedkiller and pesticide residues, although it should remove disease and spores etc. It is so tempting just to feast on fruits, peas etc growing on the allotment, with no washing facilities. So tasty straight from the plant. I must admit to being guilty too. Your raspberries are looking amazing. So delicious. Mine haven't fruited yet- I have not had time to water them. Happy gardening 🙂
Had club root for the first time in a 3 year old raised bed. Took 4 cabbage out and found it in a red cabbage not the greyhound ones. Got about 5 left to pick 2 red 3 green.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening I burnt the root stalk . The wife is back at work now, I'm still on the sick maybe another month or so.hope your copeing well and Mrs k is getting better.
Your club root is because you use mustard terry. They are terrible for attracting club root. I mentioned this to you a while back and being in the cabbage family they are bad for brassica. Add nitro chalk or calcified seaweed, chicken manure pellets and lime to your planting hole as this really helps. Its got my sprouts rocketing away under the doubled over nets with no caterpillar in sight. Give it some thought bud. Al
Oh Terry , how disheartening. Once the bloody caterpillars hatch, that's it, you have no chance.. I'm so sorry 😔 For once( and I nearly gave up on them) my one sprout plant is doing good, do I start pulling the bottom leaves off? They are looking pretty healthy with no dead leaves at the bottom,, Thank you sir...😊🐮🐮🐮
I have never seen so many caterpillars in one bed Terry, Sorry about the club root. Once my beds are empty the nets are taken off and left off until i am going to plant into that bed again. Blackberries and Raspberries look succulent. The old guy behind me has Street light covers that he uses on his brassicas, Not sure of they are the same as yours but they are conical in shape. Have a great week, love to you and Mrs K mate 💙❤
@Jimmy.Plot.41.b thank you so much mate.
hahaha... I said aloud "Where are the birds?" and then you said "Where are the birds?" 😆
@@uschiaala good minds think alike......😁.
Good morning, Terry, from Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA
Watched completely with ads and enjoyed your "spot on" observations.
I'm glad you and Mrs.K are appreciating each day.
❤Peggy❤
@@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 cheers Peggy.....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
1:08 we have hundreds up here 😂 luckily I've not spotted any of the crops yet but will check tomorrow
Great update mate ❤
@@ericandrachallotmenteers they beat me this season, but nice to get something.
Nice berry harvest Terry
@@BeFree-BeFrugal they are still coming, this rain we have had will help or hinder.
Lovely soft fruit harvest. All my brassica have been annihilated what the slugs didn't get the caterpillars did. I'm gutted because I did extra to share with family. I'm having a good year for peppers so swings and roundabouts comes to mind. Thanks Terry and take care
@sandram4526 my catterpillers are still active and still picking them off my brussel sprouts.
Hi Terry, oh no! That is,a lot of caterpillas! Shame about the clubroot too 😢 wow! A lot of fruit harvesting! Well done. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊
@christinebrooks6364 didn't cover them, but I did have other priorities so not too worried.
Thanks
Thank you.
About a year ago I told you I hadn't found a toilet brush that fit my drill. I think I finally found one I may need to shave it down a bit to fit. Can't wait to try this trick I learned from you!
@@hoosierpioneer it will put a smile on your face when you use it.......😁
Love this type of recyling, wonderful. Shame about the Brassicas and good on you for not killing, live and let live 10/10. The club root resistant Brassica varieties do work well, but more expensive per plant. Another great video Terry
@@sowgroweat6987 I did try the DT Brown resistance brassicas, but they didn't grow very well.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Yeah I always grow Killaton (now replaced by killastor?) and grow football sized heads wheras Cabbice are pathetic and another I have grown the same.
You have just reminded me,I forgot to cover back up my Brussels sprouts.
Mot of my cauliflowers,and broccoli bolted ,I think the heat and rain mixed didn't help. Sorry yours were a banquet for them. Thank you re educating us about the clubroot. I didn't see it,heard but not seen. So sorry Terry.
@@LorraineG123 if the catterpillers hadn't got them, they would have reached maturity even with clubroot.
@terrykingsallotmentgardening thank you Terry.
Hi Terry ive binned all my brassicas because of caterpillars, no second sowings for me 😮.👍👌💪❤️
@@nickthegardener.1120 never had this problem before, well to this extent.
Oh no Terry 😮 but you have got some great finds 😂 the heat here hasn’t been kind to my brassicas either (covered or not) 🤬and pumpkins are just starting to kick off now. Been a funny old season growing wise. And would like to send my love and best wishes to Mrs K (I had been watching on tv) sending you both big hugs 🤗 and a pat to that beautiful dog 🐾😘
@AllThingsClarice thank you so much my friend. Not been a pleasant 7 months, but still managed to get some vegetables.
The copper wire pot scrubbers would possibly stretch around those lamp covers and they seem to work around my small pots.
@ibrstellar1080 definitely worth a try .
My cabbages look like yours. Clearing off caterpillars is a daily job for me. Fabulous berry harvest there.
@Canna1d it went from no butterflies to too many. Nature always finds away.
Such gorgeous berry abundance Terry. Those caterpillars gave me the Willie's 😮. I've been hit hard with them this year also, but as I don't cover, I believe my many robin's in the bed eat the worms a bit.
@@gretasgarden it's been an interesting season with good and bad, completely different from last season 😕.
Fruit harvest looks delicious 😋, it's been a caterpillar , blk fly , and slug year for me , no white fly or green fly like last year we just have to put up with it👍
@@elizabethjames1053 we need to live with nature and the weather and adapt our growing methods to suit.
Oh I do like a crumble......my secret ingredient in the crumble portion is a little fennel seed. Adds a nice zing.
@@RobinGardens something to think about.......😋.
Hi Terry, love your ingenuity! Too bad the critters invaded your brassicas. They must've been tasty with those nice healthy root systems. I'm sorry I've been AWOL. The blasted COVID got me 🤒
~ Sandra
@NanasWorms I must grow some good vegetables that's all that I can say.......😁
I had my cabbages, caulis and kohl rabi under mesh this year, kept the flea beetles off, plants performed amazingly, then somehow the 'whites' got in, ended up with stripy caterpillars and green ones too! No idea how they managed it, so collected them up and popped them onto some spares I'd thrown in around the plot, they've enjoyed demolishing those plants, birds have had a few to eat, but nature is preserved!
@kelvinbrooks3785 so very true, but not on my brassicas, still picking them of.......🤣.
Shhh don’t tell the cabbage whites I have spectacular sprouts hiding from them. I don’t mind a wee share but come on stop being such 🤬🤬 greedy caterpillars 🐛. Interesting how our ideas change Gerald used to hunt and clean his own deer, now he can’t even kill a mouse 🐁 and I’m ok with that mentality. So sorry about the club root 😢.
5:22 I love the community of gardeners if only the world had more gardeners it would be a better place. Hope you have a fantastic day and Mrs K is good and even better tomorrow ❤, Ali 🌞🇨🇦
@myrustygarden thank you Ali, I must have taken another 100 of 3 sprouts, but I am winning.
In 40 years of growing brassicas have never had club root, listened to the older men that I worked with when doing my Apprenticeship in Horticulture and Gardening. Rotation, Rotation, Rotation. Do a four year rotation, been no dig for over 32 years.
@@helenstewart2085 definitely won't have brassicas in that bed for 5 years and will treat with my garlic liquid before covering for the winter.
I emptied 8 half barrels today and there were loads of the light green caterpillars in them, so I understand when you say that they may still be in the compost.
@FreeYourMindArt yes and trapping them within a netted cage can be exactly the same as what I have now.
Hi Terry so when these white butterflies stop coming out after summer because they make a mess of my okra, cabbage, beans and squash they look so cruel on your plants omg do you spray with anything Terry you put so much into your garden that’s lovely I wish I could do all that ❤
@@Gardenofglory-l6v the poor butterflies lay eggs then die, but we have to learn to live with them.
I've had the caterpillars on my brassica seedlings too!
@bristolveggiebeds5310 they arrived later this season, but with a vengeance Helen.
Sorry to say dont have more to send but buy youself and Mrs k a treat, x
@KaronSanders-mf7nd thank you my friend, so kind of you.
after a great start to the season, my brassicas are under attack from caterpillars and pigeons...............brian
@@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172 I don't have much left for the pigeons, but a good reminder to cover what I have left.
Quality content as always. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@jmawdsley2 🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛
Oh my goodnes. I don't think ive ever seen so many caterpillars, ever.
@thesmirkinggrape definitely worth sharing.......🤦🤣
I have a poly brasica bed, with my onions, coriander, and.french marigold to try and disguise the scent. The sides are trampoline black very fine mesh and top is bird mesh. I also planted several cabbages and nasturtium in unnetted beds / pots as sacrificial plants, the 1st flush of nasturtiums and sac brassicas have been almost annialated but (touch wood) im only dealing with snail and slug damage in the bed
@@Coxeysbodgering lovely informative comment, thank you.
Before watching it all - I'll say nightmare mate!
The smell from the caterpillar poo really gets to me
@DigwellGreenfingers hahaha yes the smell is off putting.......😁.
Those caterpillars 😮🐛🐛🐛🐛I hope the sprouts survive, most important for Christmas😋. I am increasingly trying to grow in harmony with nature, nature has billions more years of experience than we do!
@izzywizzy2361 still picking off the catterpillers on the sprouts.......😁.
Hi Terry. Always think outside the box with blinds and fire grates. Our boiler has been replaced, and I made sure I got the water tank for a potential carrot bed. Boysoboys, your caterpillar population. I bet you're going to keep a close eye on your brussels. Club root. Yep, I'm sure I'd rather make my own compost than possibly import any diseases. It should be heat treated but who knows. Terry 👍 Mrs K 💕 Elaine 🌱
@allotmentjoy recycling is something that I am passionate about and Gardeners world haven't been back in touch after my conversation about this subject, she wasn't impressed with me.......🤣
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening oh dear, how sad, never mind lol 😆 🤣
Good grief i have never seen so many caterpillars in one place, oh Terry it must be hard to find. Im afraid i wouldnt have been so kind.
@@tassiegirl1991 normally I don't get many, but it is just one of those seasons.
great stuff terry and a cracking fruit harvest too
@CoastalGardensNW fruit has been good and not much room in the freezer now.......🤣.
I'm the same terry bloody catapilars have destroyed my large cabbages and they were netted all round and top ,so I've taken the top net off hoping the birds will come for a feast😅,😅
@nidge2822 my birds are so full they can't fly........🤣.
Lots of people use council recycled green waste and I must admit it horrifies me as they can have no idea what it contains. even if heat treated i am not sure it would get rid of weedkiller and pesticide residues, although it should remove disease and spores etc. It is so tempting just to feast on fruits, peas etc growing on the allotment, with no washing facilities. So tasty straight from the plant. I must admit to being guilty too. Your raspberries are looking amazing. So delicious. Mine haven't fruited yet- I have not had time to water them. Happy gardening 🙂
@bewoodford2807 there would be allsorts in the compost from the recycling centre, best make our own to be sure it's safe to use.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening totally agree!
@@bewoodford2807 👍❤️👍
Had club root for the first time in a 3 year old raised bed. Took 4 cabbage out and found it in a red cabbage not the greyhound ones. Got about 5 left to pick 2 red 3 green.
@alanhealey7885 club root seems like it can travel so we have to be caution. Hope all is well with you both.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening I burnt the root stalk . The wife is back at work now, I'm still on the sick maybe another month or so.hope your copeing well and Mrs k is getting better.
@@alanhealey7885 👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍
Nice video again Terry
@@leewozzashomeveggiegarden cheers Lee.
It's been a poor season for me and add the club root, vine weevil and Scaffer grubs it's been rather disheartening at times.
@ibrstellar1080 I have had some good crops, so that outways the failures.
iv got them over my sweed and all my greens
@paulineellison9047 they do seem to be on anything green this season Pauline.
Shame about the clubroot and catepillars Tel, nice fruit haul tho, good show
@@glassbackdiy3949 take the good with the bad.
I'm picking caterpillars off my brassica too. Blimmin things.
@@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden so many this season.
I clan never understand why a butterfly lays so manyveggs on one plant as it won't sustain them.
Economy of scale, lay 100 eggs, hope 10 hatch and 1 reaches maturity!
@ibrstellar1080 one of my giant radishes is completely stripped and the catterpillers aren't fully formed so yes Kelvin is right on his thoughts.
Your club root is because you use mustard terry. They are terrible for attracting club root. I mentioned this to you a while back and being in the cabbage family they are bad for brassica. Add nitro chalk or calcified seaweed, chicken manure pellets and lime to your planting hole as this really helps. Its got my sprouts rocketing away under the doubled over nets with no caterpillar in sight. Give it some thought bud. Al
Thank you for the reminder, haven't used green manure on that bed, but yes need to give it some thought.
Oh Terry , how disheartening. Once the bloody caterpillars hatch, that's it, you have no chance.. I'm so sorry 😔
For once( and I nearly gave up on them) my one sprout plant is doing good, do I start pulling the bottom leaves off? They are looking pretty healthy with no dead leaves at the bottom,,
Thank you sir...😊🐮🐮🐮
@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305 every time I pop to the allotment I find more on the sprouts, but I will beat them.
Blimey thats a massacre, those caterpilars are a nightmare!
@Allotment-of-the-Dead I am struggling to keep on top of the ones on the sprouts, let alone the rest so glad that I pulled the rest.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening I've got a few on mine, will have to de-pillar-ate this weekend.
I always burn my brassica roots club root or not
@johnhutton-ej2fy thank you for sharing your methods and experiences John.