On 2009-06-05, Richard Evans wrote:
Wes Dukes wrote:

On 2009-06-05, Richard Evans wrote:
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:43:59 -0400 in Richard Evans wrote:
Small blue caterpillars are turning my cabbages into lace doilies.
What can I use to control them that is not harmful to humans eating
the cabbage?

Bacillus Thuringiensis.

Will the plants recover when the worms are gone? They are pretty
chewed up, but then the heads have barely begun to form. Seems like
there's plenty of time for new, healthy growth.


That is hard to tell. But since it is June it is a bit late for
cabbage. With the heat they will probably bolt to seed anyway. Cabbage
needs to be planted in February. Ours bolted in late April or early
May.

Jeez. I'm gonna have to read up on this stuff before I try it again.
At least my tomatoes are doing well.

Can anyone point me to a schedule of recommended planting times for
this area?

Try this info from NCSU. Even shows a planting layout with dates.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag-06.html

A lot of those March 1 dates I would move back to as early as Feb 15 in
warmer years.



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