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Oct 12, 2010

Growing Chinese cabbages (Hakusai / 白菜)

 It took 2 weeks since we planted Chinese cabbages and set up insect screens for them.

 I'm very happy to see their healthy growth today and no bug's attack on the leaves till now.

 In autumn young worms of cabbage butterfly eat a lot of leaves for surviving winter in pupa. But the insect screens can ward off butterflies and prevent them from laying eggs on leaves.

 The effective screens can give us a hope for a great harvest in the near future.

2 comments:

~fer said...

Great to see that your cabbage is growing well. It looks very healthy.
I am sure it will be very delicious

takaeko said...

fer
Well,using some tools such as a screen can minimize usage of chemical pesticide.
It's difficult for us to pursue 100% organic farming.