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Caterpillars Targeting Broccoli And Cauliflower?
Antipodean Bucket Farmer wrote: Hi Everybody, I have experienced a caterpillar attack on my broccoli and then similar-appearing damage to my cauliflower. .................... However, other vegetables in the same area were left alone. Is this just a coincidence?............................... This specific gang of perpetrators are each about a centemetre or so long, neon-green, and walk with a sort of "inch-worm" type wave through their body (but the legs are obvious.) I think the butterfly version is a small, white variety. Comments?.............. Well, the inch worm description makes it sound like a cabbage looper. The neon-green and white butterfly parts make it sound like cabbage worms. Maybe you hit the jack pot and have both. ;-) Cabbage worms can be hard to spot when they are small. They tend to just lay there next to a leaf vein or leaf edge and blend in. With either caterpillar, it's no coincidence that they only go for the cauliflower and broccoli. Those plants, and other plants in the cabbage family are all they want to eat. As one or more than one person has said, BT is the best cure for any of these caterpillars. I've had very good results results with products like Dipel that are a powder that you mix with water and spray on. I once needed some new BT and could only find the kind that comes in a shaker can to be sifted right onto the plant. For what ever reason, that didn't work at all. Steve in the Adirondacks PS I see this is going to 3 newsgroups and I only read R.G.E so I don't know wow much information I am repeating. |
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