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Posted by rayinpenn 6 (RayMills@ThePrudentGardener.com) on
Sat, Aug 18, 12 at 6:37

I put the first fabric covered low tunnel with high hopes.

First check the ground you are covering with your low tunnel


I bought some remay low tunnels and am determined to get some fall broccoli. I transplanted my broccoli starts 10 days ago and have been watching there progress carefully. A couple of days ago I watched one of those white cabbage moths spend maybe 5 minutes trying to access the hoop from one end - thankfully it was unsucessfu; its persistance was scary. A few days later I noted some damage to some of the plants. I pulled back the hoops and found a good old fashioned caterpillar and a giant slug under there. Crushed the catepillar, tossed the slug, put down some slug pellets and replanted some broccoli starts.

Lesson learned: The hoop is only good if there isn't anything in or on the soil when you cover the plants. Yes you can see I actually do use newspaper Pots to start my plants cost $0!!

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Awww...too bad you had to start twice. You make a nice little home for those critters. I've used newspaper pots with elementary school kids. Very handy, and the kids like to make them too.

Good luck with the broccoli.

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