Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
I’m trialling a pest netting this spring because the birds destroyed all my seedlings last year. Its supposed to keep bugs out as well - so will be interesting to see how it goes. Of course i’m waiting for the frosts to stop so I can’t start putting something in the ground without risk of it dying!
I should really do it too. I keep thinking of doing it every year but then I forget about it. Another reason is I avoid growing brassicas most of the warm season due to white butterfly, so if I actually do it I can get some nice looking brassicas.
Bacillus thuringiensis is the answer, for me anyway, for white butterfly. It’s organic approved - from a natural bacteria found in soil.
It’s the only spray I use (besides pyrethrum). It disrupts the catapiller and keeps brassicas from being eaten.
You buy it as a powder and mix a tiny amount with water (a drop of detergent helps) and spray about every two weeks. I highly recommend it.
Where do you get your BT from? I’ve heard of it before, but I feel for a small area preventing them laying eggs in the first place is easier than having to spray when new caterpillar’s emerge. IIRC it doesn’t do anything until they are already hatched and eating the plant right?
