Purple Sprouting attack
The Determined Veg Grower
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A friend recently gave me about 10 purple sprouting plants which were about 10cm in height . I then planted them out about 60cm apart placing a net over them and plenty of slug pellets around them . However I went to check this morning and the slugs have eaten half of some of the leaves and on 2 plants the top two leaves clean off.
What I would like to know is do I have to pull them up and start again or can they be saved.
Answers gratefully recieved.Thanks
The Determined Veg Grower
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Keep looking after them and put out some beer traps for the slugs. If they've only got the side leaves the plants should recover
- if they've taken the tops right out they're probably gonners 
Go around the garden at night with a torch and grab the little beasties - also, I sometimes find that offering the slugs and snails a more tasty alternative nearby will make them leave your plants alone - a heap of chopped lettuce leaves at the end of a row of plants may well do the trick - then you can nab them and give them to a neighbour's chickens, or drown them or cover them with salt or ...... or .......
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for your response - a beer trap going in now!
Then lets see!
I am also wondering whether to put some cabbage collars around the plants .
A wise idea???
You could, or you could cover with fleece to prevent Cabbage Root Fly attack, or you could do both - if I was growing it I'd probably use both - belt and braces approach.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sorry about this but I can't help smiling when I see your thread title
I've never yet succesfully grown the stuff. Too many predators and I'm clearly not as determined as you TDVG.
Well this year may be my first and last time of growin it!
If you manage to grow some, I will be very glad for you and will hang on your every word ;- ) I really like it and it's always very pricey in shops as well as having a short season.