Topic: Caterpillars

[Good Gourd 2]

Help,  Got  cauliflowers, Cabbage and Callabrasse.  but they are full of caterpillars.  I try to get the eggs off by hand.  Is the only way to net them.  I soak in salt water before I cook them but there are that many floating about that I am never quite sure.  Some people are not that bothered but I just can`t eat em.   :'(

[saddad]

Which reminds me I need to do a squishing session... netting isn't fine enough to keep them out...  :-X

[allaboutliverpool]

I have 8mm net on my brassicas it stops the lepidoptera varieties.

Look at the sprout and blackcurrant cages on my video.

Cabbage White can get through 10mm net!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N0m5Qt1iprok

[Good Gourd 2]

Thank you for your replies, I thought I could use debris or scaffolding netting, I know a man supplies netting of that kind .  what do you think.   :-\

[tim]

I'm finding it useful this year. But it's too heavy for seedlings laid direct - unlike Fleece or 8mm netting.

[Suzanne]

I hate caterpillars in cauli or calabrese so I net my brassica bed with enviromesh - also keeps the aphids off. Expensive but said to last 10 yrs. Had this now for 4 years and haven't seen any deterioration in the net.