Category: Veg – Brussels Spouts

  • Brussels Sprouts – Dealing with the Cabbage White Butterfly & Caterpillars

    Brussels Sprouts – Dealing with the Cabbage White Butterfly & Caterpillars

    I’m on a mission this year to grow Brussels Sprouts and I’m pinning all my hopes on a new method of planting called ‘Hiding the plant in the greenhouse!’ Yes, I am serious. You may say, “that’s ridiculous” or you may say “actually you might have a good idea there”. We are about to see…

  • The ‘Keep Out the Cabbage White Butterfly’ Cage Trial for my Brussels Sprouts

    I love butterflies but with one exception, the dreaded Cabbage White Butterfly. If you have ever grown cabbages or any other brassica you’ll know what I’m talking about. I have seen first hand the devastation the cabbage white butterflies and their caterpillars can unleash on my Brussels Sprouts two years ago. I was a beginner…