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Damned caterpillars!
Had a look at the sprouts yesterday, and they had caterpillars on them! How the hell can I stop that? Alan |
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Damned caterpillars!
"alan.holmes" wrote in message
... Had a look at the sprouts yesterday, and they had caterpillars on them! How the hell can I stop that? Alan Get some Stergene, used for washing woollens, mix with water and put into a hand sprayer, spray sprouts. Make sure you spray into all nooks and crevices. You may have to repeat the process a couple of times. -- Mike The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rneba.org.uk Luxury Self Catering on the Isle of Wight? www.shanklinmanormews.co.uk |
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Damned caterpillars!
On 2009-07-17, alan.holmes wrote:
Had a look at the sprouts yesterday, and they had caterpillars on them! How the hell can I stop that? Two options: 1 - Cover your sprouts with mesh netting as soon as they're outside so that the pretty butterflies can't get to them to lay eggs on (it's a bit late for that now though) 2 - Daily inspections of all leaves on the plant. Look on the underside for clusters of small white/yellow/brown spheres - these are eggs - squash them! If you squash them, they can't hatch into catterpillars. Any caterpillars you see, squash them as well! If you're squeamish about squashing the munching machines - put your gloves on - oh, and squashing eggs feels less evil than squashing a full size caterpillar. I suppose there probably are chemicals and sprays and whatnot - but I can never be bothered with that. Oh, and don't worry about the holes in the leaves, brassicas can take a surprising amount of nibbling before they give up. -Paul -- http://paulseward.com |
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Damned caterpillars!
'Mike' wrote: "alan.holmes" wrote in message ... Had a look at the sprouts yesterday, and they had caterpillars on them! How the hell can I stop that? Alan Get some Stergene, used for washing woollens, mix with water and put into a hand sprayer, spray sprouts. Make sure you spray into all nooks and crevices. You may have to repeat the process a couple of times. Better than washing up liquid? -- Pete C London UK |
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Damned caterpillars!
"Little Paul" wrote in message .uk... On 2009-07-17, alan.holmes wrote: Had a look at the sprouts yesterday, and they had caterpillars on them! How the hell can I stop that? Two options: 1 - Cover your sprouts with mesh netting as soon as they're outside so that the pretty butterflies can't get to them to lay eggs on (it's a bit late for that now though) The funny thing is, I had covered them with mesh as soon as I had planted them which is a bit of a puzzle! |
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Damned caterpillars!
"alan.holmes" wrote in message ... "Little Paul" wrote in message .uk... On 2009-07-17, alan.holmes wrote: Had a look at the sprouts yesterday, and they had caterpillars on them! How the hell can I stop that? Two options: 1 - Cover your sprouts with mesh netting as soon as they're outside so that the pretty butterflies can't get to them to lay eggs on (it's a bit late for that now though) The funny thing is, I had covered them with mesh as soon as I had planted them which is a bit of a puzzle! I had a butterfly like that. I reckon it was firing single eggs through the holes in the netting |
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