Comments on: Watering & Brassicas http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/ Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: John http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3987 John Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:48:47 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3987 Try asking on the forums - a third or fourth opinion might just crack the problem for you. Try asking on the forums – a third or fourth opinion might just crack the problem for you.

]]> By: Sharon Feekins http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3982 Sharon Feekins Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:08:04 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3982 Thanks for the feedback about the redcurrant bushes. They are really looking sick now and very burnt up dry looking. I will feed with the tomatoe liquid feed and see what happens. The whole bush is completely smothered with whatever it is now. Thanks! Thanks for the feedback about the redcurrant bushes. They are really looking sick now and very burnt up dry looking. I will feed with the tomatoe liquid feed and see what happens. The whole bush is completely smothered with whatever it is now.
Thanks!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3959 Jonathan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:18:50 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3959 Sharon - I have the same problem with my red currants, and have had for the last couple of years. Looking at other people's plots also, this is a common problem. The culprit is a small bug (not sure what it is) that lays eggs under the leaves. This causes them to blister from underneath and the top of the leaves turn red. I usually just take affected leaves off immediately, as am not keen on spraying. If you take the leaves off and destroy them, you are also getting rid of the bugs themselves. The bush seems not to suffer even if the leaves are left on, as mine are laden with currants again this year. Sharon – I have the same problem with my red currants, and have had for the last couple of years. Looking at other people’s plots also, this is a common problem.

The culprit is a small bug (not sure what it is) that lays eggs under the leaves. This causes them to blister from underneath and the top of the leaves turn red. I usually just take affected leaves off immediately, as am not keen on spraying. If you take the leaves off and destroy them, you are also getting rid of the bugs themselves.

The bush seems not to suffer even if the leaves are left on, as mine are laden with currants again this year.

]]> By: John http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3954 John Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:28:35 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3954 Sharon - that sounds more like potash deficiency than a pest to me. Difficult to be sure without being there but it does no harm to try the cure for it. Give the bushes some tomato food. You can use commercial chemical or organic tomato food or some comfrey liquid if you have some. Use a liquid feed to get it to the roots quickly. Sharon – that sounds more like potash deficiency than a pest to me. Difficult to be sure without being there but it does no harm to try the cure for it. Give the bushes some tomato food.
You can use commercial chemical or organic tomato food or some comfrey liquid if you have some. Use a liquid feed to get it to the roots quickly.

]]> By: Sharon Feekins http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3953 Sharon Feekins Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:13:07 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3953 A question really as a new comer to allotment gardening. My red and white currant bushes (1st year bushes) are covered with something which is causing the leaves to be blistered with a reddish burnt look? I have asked several sources and no one can tell me what I need to spray or treat with that is non chemical? Can you help please? A question really as a new comer to allotment gardening. My red and white currant bushes (1st year bushes) are covered with something which is causing the leaves to be blistered with a reddish burnt look? I have asked several sources and no one can tell me what I need to spray or treat with that is non chemical? Can you help please?

]]> By: John http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3951 John Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:21:41 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3951 We just can't win! Too wet, too dry, too hot, too cold. No wonder gardeners moan a lot! We just can’t win! Too wet, too dry, too hot, too cold. No wonder gardeners moan a lot!

]]> By: keith http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3950 keith Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:02:44 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/250/watering-brassicas/#comment-3950 <p>It's the oposite where I am in Brentwood. We are waterloged; digging potatoes is fun - trying to find them in the mud. At least they're cropping well.</p> It’s the oposite where I am in Brentwood. We are waterloged; digging potatoes is fun – trying to find them in the mud. At least they’re cropping well.

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