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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Same thing happened to me last spring.
I'm planting tomatoes and peppers now. I can't grow cruciferae in the summer without poisoning the heck out of them. The bugs just chew them up. I start cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower in late August and put them out in mid-September after the heavy bug season so I can grow them without poison.
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I can get pretty good broccoli and cauliflower harvests in late spring without chemicals. Aphids can get pretty bad if the temperature comes on too early. Cabbage is a problem due to worms, so I don't bother.
I need to resurrect my fall garden. I tend to be a bit burned out by then. Also, I only have 5 raised beds so rotating to avoid root pests is a problem if I grow 2 crops of cruciferous veges a year.