I spent part of the morning gardening and discovered I have a few pest problems going on. My cabbage is being eaten by little green catepillars and I found a few moths hatching out. I am assuming that they were the green catepillars. What are they and what can I do to keep them from feasting on my garden?
The second problem is once again I have wire works in my turnips. How can I naturally keep them away?
One last issue. All of my tomato plant leaves are peppered with little yellowish holes. Last year I had blight but this is something I have never experienced. Any ideas????
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If you want to beat caterpillars the totally organic way I think it's mainly a case of putting netting over the cabbages before the butterflies can lay their eggs on the leaves, or hand picking the caterpillars off the leaves. Or maybe you could encourage small birds into the veg patch to eat the blighters!
For the Cabbage Moth caterpillers there is another natural chemical-free alternative. It is known as "BT" or Bacillis thuringiensis (spelling??). It is a naturally occuring bacteria and is only harmful to the caterpiller stage of moths and butterflies. A solution of "BT" is sprayed directly on the plant leaves(broccoli, cabbage, other cole crops) and when the caterpiller eats the leaves the bacteria destroy the digestive system. Only caterpillers eating the sprayed leaves are affected. Available at any garden store. For Wire Worms in turnips, carrots and other root crops try rotating the location each season as the pest builds up in the soil, and try sprinkling wood ashes around the base of the plants. Good luck
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