My Beautiful Cabbages

Hi Everybody
Just got back from a few days away and found that my cabbages have been attacked

This is what I hoped they would look like -

and this is what they look like this afternoon -

and there are some very fat caterpillars

 

i got exactly the same problems, cabbages and caulies :(

oh well, butterfly population will be much better now thanks to me :(

 

omg how awful id be gutted....... id kill every last one of the b******s

 

oh no what a nightmare kill them all

 

:eek: Oh my gawd jjordie!!!.....Blasted wing-ed demons.
When grew greens I always inter planted them with Nasturtiums as sacrificial nosh for the beggers.

 

Locasts... got to be.. they can strip a cabbage in about 2 seconds...

 

Does that really work Pal?
Was thinking of trying net cover over a few next year
but may try nasturtiums too.

And Capney - definitely caterpillars as the little blighters
were still on some of the cabbages - well what was left of them.

 

Oh dear. Oh dearie, dearie me. Commiserations.

I'd definitely try the small mesh netting which has worked well for me this year.

 

I planted nasturtians and yes the cabbage white does lay on them, just make sure you cover your cabbage as they can't half eat through leaves at a very quick rate.

 

I would have agreed with the guys and girls who say nasturtiums are brilliant at attracting cabbage flies but then again our neighbour (down on the allotment) has nasturtiums less than a foot away from his cabbages and yes you guessed it the nasturtiums are caterpillar free while the cabbages are covered in them!:eek:

The nasturtiums in our home gardens have gone from looking stunning to a tangled mess it's covered in the little pests I keep picking the blighters off but are rewarded by even more by the next day.

I guess it's just a case of you win some you loose some.:rolleyes:Hel.xxx.

 

Yes I heard that too Carl but I wish they wouldn't eat them all!

I will plant nasturtiums for them next year and hope they will leave my cabbages
alone :D

 

Do caterpillars fart ? :eek:

I really can't believe your photo, they are ruined ! :( Looks like they were having a 'see who can eat the cabbage the fastest' competition:eek:

 

I said 'fat' caterpillars BM!!! :rolleyes:


and there were absolutely dozens of them.

 

I thought they only grew wings to waft away the smell:D:thumb:

My lemon tree was eaten by a Caterpillar a few years ago, I never found him, I only ever saw where he had been .