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Here are the results for
September
Crop
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Plot 1 Predation
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Plot 2 Predation
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Plot3 Predation
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Plot 4 Predation
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ONION
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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SHALLOTS
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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LEEKS
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none
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none
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none
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none
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CARROTS
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none
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none
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none
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none
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PARSNIPS
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none
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none
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none
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none
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CABBAGE
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none
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none
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none
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none
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Cauliflower
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none
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none
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none
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none
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SPROUTS
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none
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none
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none
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none
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LETTUCE
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none
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none
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none
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none
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BEETROOT
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none
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none
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none
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none
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French Beans
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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PEAS
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Harvested
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Disaster strikes!
On the first week-end of the month we suffered a terrible
thunderstorm. The rain was so heavy that the Snailban had been washed out and scattered
so thinly that it ceased to be effective. (or so I thought) This coincided with an exceptionally
rare event......I had a weeks holiday!
On my return, there had been severe attacks to the once
pristine lettuces on the three plots that had contained the Snailban. There was
no damage to the lettuces on Plot1 as the entire row had been wiped
out a month earlier and had not been re-sown.
I had been prepared to believe that the Snailban was now no
longer viable in its defence of the plots, but on closer inspection, I
discovered that the damage to the lettuces had not been caused by slugs or
snails as previously thought, but by hundreds of black caterpillars that had
migrated from the adjacent Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers.
The Snailban, then, is still proving to be an indispensable
asset in the war against our number one predator. I had to completely renew the
barriers around each of the plots, but even spread thinly, it had continued to
keep the plots clear of attack. This is something to bear in mind when I have to
decide whether to use it in the herbaceous borders next year or not.
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