Pests and beneficial insects - blog 05 Poland

Next pest and beneficial insects blog from Poland. Jeanne Geißler and Artur Kozera talk about the situation in Poland. They had a complicated sowing time, because of the weather, first drought, then heavy rain. So the most farmers sowed in the beginning of September, very late for the polish conditions. The pest pressure was very high, especially the cabbage stem flea beetle was very active. Next to this, they found the cabbage root fly, the diamond back moth, aphids and the cabbage gall weevil. Next station: Czech Republic