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**carolyn137** · April 28, 2018

No, of all the many varieties I have grown I've never found any one variety that is more prone to helmet heads.

Have I ever seen helmets,yes, and here's what I do to try and get them off.

I spit on a cotton ball and then wrap that around the helmet head and hold it on for about 15 min. I them take an eyebrow tweezer, or similar and gently see if it will pull off, and if not,I do it again.

And most of the time I have success.

Spit is full of enzymes,proteases,which destroy proteins,and the hard shell of helmet heads is protein.

Please try it, you might like it since it does get that helmet head off most of the time..

Carolyn

April 28, 2018	#10
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	No, of all the many varieties I have grown I've never found any one variety that is more prone to helmet heads. Have I ever seen helmets,yes, and here's what I do to try and get them off. I spit on a cotton ball and then wrap that around the helmet head and hold it on for about 15 min. I them take an eyebrow tweezer, or similar and gently see if it will pull off, and if not,I do it again. And most of the time I have success. Spit is full of enzymes,proteases,which destroy proteins,and the hard shell of helmet heads is protein. Please try it, you might like it since it does get that helmet head off most of the time.. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn