"Alan McKenzie" wrote in message
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can brassicaca's that have caterpillars on them be put in the compost heap
or do I need to get rid of them first.
Thanks for your help.

You can just put them onto the compost heap, no need to worry about resident
caterpillars. More of a problem with composting brassicas can be the tough
woody stems, which can sometimes take a long while to rot down. Such stems
are best either put through a shredder or simply smashed - I use one of
those small hand axes and pulverise them on a old log first.
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