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nipper31

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« on: September 09, 2008, 10:52 »
My cabbages and PSB are being eaten by caterpillars till the leaves are lacy  :cry:  Is there anything I can do to remedy this or at least save what's left  :?:

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« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2008, 11:01 »
Couple of things, you could spray them with somekind of spray, or as i do drown the rascals, but this does mean having to spend all of your time on the plot, nasty job but someone has to do it.  :wink:
Punk isn't dead...it's underground where it belongs. If it comes to the surface it's no longer punk...it's Green Day!

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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2008, 12:36 »
I pick them off and put them in the compost bin where I like to kid myself they might die happy munching peelings, but they probably just escape back to the cabbage patch as I always find more next day!

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« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2008, 12:40 »
net them off with scaffolders netting....
somehow they have got in cold frame, i have 2 trays of spring cabbage plants in there and in the pots there are hundreds of eggs  :cry:  and most of the plants are stalks now

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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2008, 14:38 »
Quote from: "frangardener"
I pick them off and put them in the compost bin where I like to kid myself they might die happy munching peelings, but they probably just escape back to the cabbage patch as I always find more next day!


Yep  :wink:
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