{"id":2859,"date":"2019-09-11T00:06:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T07:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-138\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T09:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:56:46","slug":"growing-crucifers-and-other-vegetables-in-the-pnw","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/growing-crucifers-and-other-vegetables-in-the-pnw\/","title":{"rendered":"growing Crucifers and other vegetables in the PNW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We have a couple of beautiful heads of cauliflower and a nice set of broccoli. The cauliflower looked nice until we cut through it to find lots of little bugs, turning some of the flower inside dark. We have a few aphids on our mustard greens, but the cauli bugs do not look like aphids.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it possible to grow ANY Cruciferae up here without infestations? I have NEVER been able to grow ANY type without some kind of bugs. At least the aphids wait until the bok choy flowers before they infest&#8230;.and our yard has lots of ladybugs! Is there any hope?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We recommend that you start your seeds indoors to reduce the threat of insect infestation. Once the plants have begun to establish themselves, you can move them outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>These books have great information about growing vegetables in the Pacific Northwest:<\/p>\n<p><i>Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to OrganicGgardening<\/i> (by Steve Solomon, Sasquatch Books, 2007)<br \/>\n<i>Sunset Western Garden Book of Edibles<\/i> (Sunset, 2010)<br \/>\n<i> Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest<\/i>(by Binda Colebrook).<\/p>\n<p>Colebrook explains that crucifers are &#8220;susceptible to attack by clubroot, cabbage loopers, imported cabbageworms, cabbage maggots, and gray aphids.&#8221; Sunset recommends that to prevent pests, &#8220;plant in a different site each year. Row covers will protect plants from aphids, cabbage loopers, imported cabbage-worms, and cabbage root maggots. Collars made from paper cups or metal cans (with ends removed) deter cutworms, which chew off seedlings at the base.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a couple of beautiful heads of cauliflower and a nice set of broccoli. The cauliflower looked nice until we cut through it to find lots of little bugs, turning some of the flower inside dark. We have a few aphids on our mustard greens, but the cauli bugs do not look like aphids. Is it possible to grow ANY Cruciferae up here without infestations? I have NEVER been able to grow ANY type without some kind of bugs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/growing-crucifers-and-other-vegetables-in-the-pnw\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">growing Crucifers and other vegetables in the PNW<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[748,52,471],"class_list":["post-2859","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-brassicaceae-mustard-cress-family","keyword-vegetable-gardening","keyword-vegetables-diseases-and-pests"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}