Harvested my first bok choy 🥹. Haven't tasted them yet so i hope I harvested before they got bitter. I usually taste everything before it even makes it in the house. Can't do that with these though. Why? Because they're covered in earwig shit lol. I have been using netting and BT but my stuff is still turning to Swiss cheese. I thought I was hot shit because I had a successful summer season. I have been humbled. Please don't mind the mess in the back, I'm taking out the trash as well lol.
by GetItM0m
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How did you know to harvest. My BC are still little, but they’re growing.
Earwigs & isopods (and especially the latter) don’t respond nearly as well to “organic” treatments as caterpillars & aphids.
On the other hand….things like bifentrhin granules, liquid sevin (zeta-cypermethrin), sevin dust (bifenthrin again, but labeled for use *on* the edible parts of plants), malathion, etc. work **very** well for them.
Depends on what you’re comfortable using, of course.
A thorough tilling + a **barrier** application of “chemical” pesticide before planting can work well, too, even without using “chemical” pesticides in the actual garden space.
[Also, don’t be too wedded to mulch for cool season crops. At a certain point (cool enough/wet enough that it serves little purpose) it can be counter-productive; things like earwigs/slugs/isopods *love* mulch, because it creates a mild habitat for them that they otherwise may not have in that part of your yard….]