What to do about food garden pests if you don’t want to use chemical pesticides? This series of blog posts discusses pest control strategies that result in healthy produce without leaving harmful chemical residues.
Showing posts with label Cabbage White Butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cabbage White Butterfly. Show all posts
Friday, February 26, 2016
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Butterflies, Moths and Brassicas
The most significant pest affecting Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli and other members of the Brassica family in Spring and Summer is caterpillars that munch away the leaves and that, if unchecked, can make plants completely unproductive. Margaret W is an entomologist and Marg M is a food-gardener with decades of food-gardening experience. This blog post documents their advice on the subject, with further info added by me.
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