Caterpillars

oooh that sounds like fun, does it work? really?

I also got 3 rows(6m each) of sprouts and 1 row of caulies eaten by these little blighters whilst away on holiday for 2 weeks, went back to the local market garden place to buy sowm fresh seedlings to put in another bed where i'd dug my early spuds up.  Wwhilst there i spoke to the owner who informed me of a pandemic of Cabbage Whites this summer, he mentioned a solution of 4l water, vinegar(1 cup) and a splash of washing up liquid as a remedy for them, the washing up liquid acts a 'clinging' agent and the vinegar repels them but has no effect on the seedlings. Going to try tomorrow, we'll see.

Cheers,

Stu

I also got 3 rows(6m each) of sprouts and 1 row of caulies eaten by these little blighters whilst away on holiday for 2 weeks,
Cheers,

Stu

Now my sprouts are starting to form along the stems, and I have kept getting rid of caterpillars as I see them, in addition to some spraying with bug clear which does the trick but only for a bit. I assume that tufts of sprout that have formed and been nibbled at WILL grow back once the caterpillar season ends and they die off.

There seems to be a lot of cabbage whites about this year.

The small cabbage white butterfly will lay 1 or 2 eggs on a leaf  and the caterpillers are green.
The large cabbage white will lay a cluster of eggs and the catterpillers are yellow and black/brown.
Both however are a pain in the a***