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Post by lucy on Jun 17, 2013 2:02:44 GMT -6
Went to the garden this evening to cut some 45 day cabbage for supper and checked my regular cabbage plants and something has eaten on almost every single one of them. We checked and there are large green worms on them. Mom sd she had never seen them on cabbage before, only small worms. Any ideas?
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 17, 2013 3:28:35 GMT -6
Went to the garden this evening to cut some 45 day cabbage for supper and checked my regular cabbage plants and something has eaten on almost every single one of them. We checked and there are large green worms on them. Mom sd she had never seen them on cabbage before, only small worms. Any ideas? Lucy, there are two "worms" that will eat your cabbage..Cabbage Looper's, that move with a “looping” motion like an inch worm. and Cabbage Worm, which are green with faint yellow stripes down its back...both start out small and eat their way through your cabbage, cauliflower, brocolli, ..all cole crops. we hand pick (kinda fun watchin' their lil green innards squish out)  ...but you can use Bt to spray or dust... But ya know, You are what you eat...and after a washing..the cabbage tastes the same....as long as you are not showing/selling it..just Enjoy  | Cabbage Looper | Cabbage Worm |  |  |
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Post by BestoFour on Jun 17, 2013 9:03:10 GMT -6
lucy, I wrote about my cabbage in another thread. My carpenter told me that I had planted it during the wrong phase of the moon. I ended up with 1 decent head but I didn't use Bt. Let me know how the Bt works out please.
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Post by BestoFour on Jun 17, 2013 9:04:12 GMT -6
Phil you have a mean streak.  |
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Post by jack on Jun 18, 2013 1:29:15 GMT -6
Gidday
Down here we have a spray, comes in a little sachet of powder that you mix with water. It is actually a live bacteria that is a goody one and it just gets rid of all those capatillars and chewing insects.
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Post by mogarden on Jun 18, 2013 15:21:41 GMT -6
That sounds pretty handy Jack. I wonder which/what kind of bacteria that would be?
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Post by ChileFarmer on Jun 18, 2013 17:53:08 GMT -6
Bacillus thuringiensis is an insecticide . Bt is a naturally occurring bacteria. Wont harm anything but the worms. CF |
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Post by jack on Jun 19, 2013 2:25:01 GMT -6
Gidday
And sure does hurt them too.
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Post by lucy on Jun 19, 2013 2:35:06 GMT -6
ok, I'm still a greenhorn as far as gardening grows. We have used dust before but are having trouble finding any. But the Bt I have no idea what it is or where to find it. May just lose all my cabbage.  |
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Post by lucy on Jun 19, 2013 2:36:04 GMT -6
Phil, I did catch a few and squish them! Felt good to me!! Dang things eating my food!
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 19, 2013 3:47:45 GMT -6
ok, I'm still a greenhorn as far as gardening grows. We have used dust before but are having trouble finding any. But the Bt I have no idea what it is or where to find it. May just lose all my cabbage. Squishin em' Lucy is a great revenge..squeamish pholks can use a snap clothes pin Lucy, you should be able to get Bt ( Bacillius thuringiensis)at any garden center...and if not, there are other fixes out there..just ask at a good garden center, or a neighbor that raises cabbage...The greatest thing about gardening is...there's always plenty of people to ask... just say cabbage worm and you'll get directed to the right stuff Bt is sold under many names, such as: Bio-Worm Killer Concentrate, Bt Worm Killer, Dipel, and Thuricide. another solution is spinosad, which Mogarden has some knowledge of..I have not tried it, but what I have studied sounds good.. Heck when they are itsy..bitsy..about this long - plain old flour will work here's a list of solutions available, along with it's impact and residual effect | Bacillus thuringiensis | low-impact | Short | | spinosad | low-impact | Medium | | pyrethrin | low-impact | Short | | carbaryl | conventional/broad spectrum | Medium | | lambda-cyhalothrin | conventional/broad spectrum | medium-long |
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Post by lucy on Jun 22, 2013 2:18:51 GMT -6
We sprayed our cabbage and it is coming back around. Thank goodness.
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Post by w8in4dave on Jun 27, 2013 8:52:49 GMT -6
Good deal Lucy!!
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Post by mogarden on Jun 27, 2013 11:49:42 GMT -6
BT, (I use Dipel brand in powder form) Is good for ANY worms or caterpillars that eat leaves of your garden plants. They have to eat it. It won't hurt bees or other pollinators and it won't get rid of bugs that poke holes and suck out the sap. Only good for leaf-eaters, but there are a lot of them!
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Post by spuds on Jun 27, 2013 20:06:22 GMT -6
BT, (I use Dipel brand in powder form) Is good for ANY worms or caterpillars that eat leaves of your garden plants. They have to eat it. It won't hurt bees or other pollinators and it won't get rid of bugs that poke holes and suck out the sap. Only good for leaf-eaters, but there are a lot of them! Sprayed my Brussells sprouts with pyrethrins and BT for aphids and worms,sure seems to have knocked em out! |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 28, 2013 2:55:24 GMT -6
BT, (I use Dipel brand in powder form) Is good for ANY worms or caterpillars that eat leaves of your garden plants. They have to eat it. It won't hurt bees or other pollinators and it won't get rid of bugs that poke holes and suck out the sap. Only good for leaf-eaters, but there are a lot of them! Sprayed my Brussells sprouts with pyrethrins and BT for aphids and worms,sure seems to have knocked em out! haven't seen a worm or any flutterbys yet..But, Laura found some aphids for us that I will dispatch today with a lil pyrethrins...so wet here that anything hatched in the ground...most likely drowned |
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...but you can use Bt to spray or dust...
