Grubs eating my caulifower

Oliveview · « **on:** April 12, 2008, 14:41 »

:x First cauli was fine, 2nd and 3rd I have picked has had tiny ´grubs´ in the white stalks of the ´flower´ the stalks had gone a mushy brown. In one stalk there were 3 or 4 tiny creamy grubs just about 1/4-1/2 inch long with a black dot at the head. I have had cabbage white on the plants but picked them off as soon as I´ve spotted them. I have only 2 cauli left, but want to be prepared for next time. Any suggestions on what they could be?
Thanks
Pamela

WhippetMaster · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2008, 17:16 »

Not sure but sounds like some kind of caterpillar, possible cabbage whites. Possibly a bit early though.
Remove and squish!!!

Oliveview · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2008, 18:13 »

Def. not the cabbage white, I know them!! I killed quite a few this afternoon. These grubs were right inside the stem of the ´flower´ you could only see them after I cut the cauli. From the top it looked perfect. They had tunnelled into (or out of) the stem :x
Pamela

gobs · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2008, 20:55 »

I had this once with cabbage root fly Olive, so my bet is a larvae of some fly, might also be local, though. Any chance of a photo?

Oliveview · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2008, 21:24 »

Sorry, I fed the offending grubs to the hens

Apart from we only have dial up internet here, no broadband or ADSL I´ve spent ages trying to get just one photo to go to photobucket, had to give up in the end. Dial up internet is c**p :x One day the Spanish Telefonica might just give us a proper phone line and not a radio phone

Still, better than no phone or internet I guess.
Pamela

Oliveview · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2008, 21:49 »

I googled cabbage root fly and the grubs (or maggots) look like the ones I gave to the hens. I´ve purple cabbage growing right by, should I pull them up? They are just beginning to get hearts. The piece of garden is going to be grassed over once the cabbage and onions have been pulled up. I can´t say I noticed the maggots in the root of the cauli- once I pulled off the leaves I gave that too to the hens.

Pamela

gobs · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2008, 21:58 »

Well, it might be any other fly, too. If cabbages are hearting I would let them to be.

Not everything does need a treatment, you lose some, is a good policy, unless everything is dying then you want to do something.

Oliveview · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2008, 22:09 »

If they get pulled up now I can´t eat them, if they stay in they hae a chance of getting bigger or dying and then I still can´t eat them!! I´ll go with the leave them in chance

Cabbage is my favourite vegetable, with runner beans a very close 2nd.
Pamela

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