From the forum: Are black flies anything to worry about?

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Forum user Colin2016 asks: Planted cabbage, broccoli cauliflower & kale in raised bed covered in white ground cover to keep the butterflies away. I notice there are some black flies under the cover, is this anything to worry about?

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Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.