il Sat, 8 Jan 2005 20:59:20 -0800, Antipodean Bucket Farmer ha
scritto:

Hi, Everybody,

New Zealanders may want to start checking for cabbage
loopers about now.

I just found my first ones of the season.

They are caterpillars, about one and a half cm long,
almost exactly the same shade of light green as a
broccoli stalk. They go after broccoli, cauliflower,
and relatives, and may hide right under/inside the
head, of on the underside of leaves. They also may
make lots of holes in the leaves.

I tried washing, but they are sticky, and had to be
picked off by hand.

I will apply Spinosad (Yates "Success" brand), tomorrow
(or whenever it finally stops raining.)


Stops raining??? I wish. It's soo cold my tomatoes have that funny
spotty look they get when the supermarkets put theirs in the cooler.
One day it's 30° C and windy, the next it's 16° C and freezing wet.
Next week the cycle will repeat itself sigh what a summer. At least
the aphids hate it too.
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Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]