Sounds good. I'm afraid I am not using tulle anymore. It is so fragile, plus I've had aphids get through the holes and even the occasional cabbage butterfly lay an egg THROUGH a hole! Crazy!
@@SusansInTheGarden oh wow! I got the tulle for cheap at the thrift store, so if it lasts a season, I'll be happy. any barrier against those buggers to lessen the damage will really help :) Thank you for your insight. I really value your input
Susan, I really enjoy your videos and have purchased several of your recommendations in the past, using your link of course, and all of them have been great products. I just wanted to say Thank You for sharing your research and knowledge with everyone. Blessings to you and Bill! ~Margie🤗🌱🐞🦋🐝
Brassica's other than radishes have been hard to grow for me. So any video from my favorite garden channels is a must watch. This year I didnt try to grow broccoli as I limited myself to a few types of brassicas to try and figure them out, then add more in the coming years. I started cabbage, kohlrabi, and mizuna very early in 5b south of Chicago in a tall cold frame and they seem to be doing good. Netting is important and soon I will take the top off and cover it with row cover. The rings are a good idea, going to have to make some at some point. Mentioning your book, with solutions to common garden pests isnt a problem. Even mentioning a product isnt a problem. I will give an example of a problem, something I doubt you would do. A channel, which will remain nameless, was on the list of my favorite channels. They started doing "sponsored" videos, with kickback links pinned to the top of the comments. One was for a small sip that was $89. When people posted pointing out its flaws and saying you could make them for 1/3rd the price the comments were removed. I just unsubscribed and will never trust them again.
Thank Susan! I did buy some of that insect netting you recommended and I built a hinged row cover for my brassica bed. I learned it all from you and the plants are huge and doing well. Thank you for all your help:)
Thanks Susan. I did a test of starting brassicas in the winter sowing jugs and they all did fine. Not as big as yours right now but they will be going out today I hope. We do get those white cabbage butterflies here too as well as the aphids so glad you covered the insect pest issues. Hope your broccoli do great, looking forward to seeing your harvests!
Does the Belstar variety have a lot of side shoots or just the main head? I usually grow Calabrese to get the side shoots, trying Artwork this year as well which has side shoots and is an AAS winner.
This is my first year growing 'Belstar' based on the recommendation of a friend. She posted a photo of a massive side shoot on it and that's what made me want to try it!
Do you have any advice for starting seedlings broccoli cauliflower. In the house they died I have grow lights on them. This has now happened 3 times. God bless
Well, that's a shame. I would need to know more details in order to troubleshoot the problem. When did you start them? What type of soil did you start them in? Did you remove the plastic lid (or plastic bag) after they germinated? Did they die very quickly? If it's the last case, that could be damping-off syndrome. I have more information on how to prevent that in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QRkU-sfSGzk.html (look for the explanation about using milled sphagnum moss to prevent it)
@@SusansInTheGarden the second they had any little bit of green they would die. I used organic raised bed mix. I left the cover on and taken it off I have tried with the sun light and without nothing made a difference.
@@cookingonthefarm OK, that sounds like damping-off syndrome to me. It is caused by fungi and so frustrating. I'd recommend you clean your containers with a mild bleach solution, use fresh germination mix/seed-starter mix, and after you've planted your seeds, sprinkle a very fine layer of "No Damp Off" (also known as SucCeed seed-starting mix), which is milled sphagnum moss. It has a natural compound that inhibits the fungi that cause damping-off disease. It's one of many vegetable plant diseases that I wrote about in my new book, The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook. If you are interested in getting a signed copy from me, just drop me an email: Susan@SusansintheGarden.com. I completely understand your frustration!
Hi Susan. I am in Priest River, ID, so not far from you. My broccoli was doing great until root maggots infested them. Now they are wilting and dropping quickly. I am going to try growing them under the insect netting next year. Do you have any experience with root maggots?
Hi, Erin. Oh, that is awful. What did you grow in the bed last season and did you have problems with root maggots then? I'm also wondering if you cleaned up the plant debris from last season because it almost sounds like they overwintered in the soil. I'm sure sorry to hear this. Do you have my book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook? I have a lot of information on them in the book, along with all of the other commonly-encountered veggie garden insects. Right now, I'm offered signed copies and free shipping, if you are interested. If so, just drop me an email at Susan@SusansintheGarden.com.
@@SusansInTheGarden My aunt ordered it as a gift and it’s on it’s way right now. Wish it was signed by you though! Thank you for your quick reply. We bought the house in October and I think that bed had kale in it….everything was huge and beautiful. I tried to rotate some crops, but ran out of space. I did not remove any mulch. The beds have a variety of leaf mulch, pine needles or straw covering them and a few are bare- all done by the previous owner.
