Roy wrote:
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Been using derris dust for over 50 years...good control of
cabbage worms and the derris dust has not harmed me one iota.
Why put up with these pests when it is so easy to dust the
cabbages?

we've had this conversation before Roy.
it may not have harmed you. it may harm
others or it may harm other creatures i
wish not to harm.

it seems to be going ok for now just by
hand-picking and observing. as i won't be
the person chopping and turning these
cabbages into saurkraut i won't likely know
what the final results will look like. i'll
have to remember to ask.

cabbage worm excrement is likely about as
edible as saurkraut, but i'm sure most of it
washes off anyways. really, i'd not worry
about that problem any more than i worry
about a bit of dirt on a strawberry or some
cheeses.


songbird