[rainie]

I am trying really hard to keep on top of eggs on brassiccas at the moment and now the caterpillars are invading too.
How long before the egg hatches?
How long before caterpillar turns to butterfly?
Where do cabbage whites go when they are not invading my garden? And dont say into yours ha ha
What good do these little blighters do except feed birds?
Thanks

[peterjf]

i dont know when or where cabb white b,flies come from or where they go too ,

what i do is take cheap plastic tennis rackets and leave around my plot, i have 6 , then when the little darlings flutter near my greens and brassicas i give them a volley, smash or serve them into the middle of next week, or to be really mean i pull their wings off and place them on one of the many spiders webs around my plot ,

HA HA HA -- HA HA HA -- HA HA HA

[iwantanallotment]

i pull their wings off and place them on one of the many spiders webs around my plot

You don't like them much, do you Peter?        

[amandaandherveg]

I found myself catching them this week and stomping on them, followed by an evil cackle.  Wha ha ha ha ha....  :twisted:

[jennyb]

i got so stressed the other weekend by them that i actually managed to snap the electric fly killing tennis racket i was playing cabbage white tennis with :oops:

[GrannieAnnie]

I keep my old badmington racquet in the garden, but when i see  cabbage white, I'm uually at the othr end of the garden to the racquet!!!!

[Aunt Sally]

I just net the brassicas.

[sclarke624]

I just net the brassicas

The voice of calm speaks in contrast to wild batting demons.    

I have a trough of Radishes with not one leaf left on any of them.  Didn't think to net them. :twisted:

[p00rstudent]

i have been picking the caterpillers off my spourts all weekend there are loads of them, they have only attacked the sprouts though, all the other brassicas are fine.

[cawdor2001]

I also net mine so no problems with caterpillars, but whitefly, don't talk to me about whitefly, if you brush against the brassicas it is like it is snowing!


Cawdor

[titch]

my cats are having a damn good go at catching them for me, makes a change from trying to poop in my runners  :shock:

[yummy]

I just net the brassicas.

I did that (with 'butterfly net' from garden centre). It isn't butterfly net. They can still get in :cry:  :twisted: They do it in front of me. I bet they are laughing at me too.