How many caulis in a B&Q bucket?

[Seahorse]

It seems that no matter where I place them and what I do, something (slugs, I'm pretty sure?) is eating my cauliflowers. I have a last few seedlings from the greenhouse to try once more with and I'm going to put them in a bucket, on a table, with slug repellant around the base... fingers crossed, lol! How many can a 10 litre bucket sensibly hold though? Four? More, less? Any opinions gratefully recieved.

Claire

[Hazel at the Hill]

Dunno, Claire, but make sure that you net your bucket as the culprit may turn out to be pigeons.......

[Alice]

Hello Seahorse, I would think you could get 4. If it is slugs which are eating your cauliflowers you will see their slimy trails around your plants. No slimy trails - no slugs, it's something else.
Could be pigeons in that case, in which case you have to put a net or some other contraption over them to keep the pests off. Good luck.

[Seahorse]

How many caulis in a B&Q bucket?

Thanks Hazel and Alice - hadn't thought of pigeons We do have a pair of wood pigeons in the trees over the wall who I've suspected of nabbing seeds but didn't realise they would actually eat bigger plants!

I think I'm in danger of becoming obsessed... perhaps I should plant a single cauli in a small bucket and carry it with me wherever I go in a bid to avoid it's premature demise! Lol!

Claire

[Alice]

Seahorse, pigeons will eat any kind of brassicas down to the ground. Bet that's your culprits.

[Seahorse]

Nets it is then! Thanks

Claire