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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: honeybee on July 12, 2005, 10:41:13

Title: Sprout question
Post by: honeybee on July 12, 2005, 10:41:13
As a first time sprouter  ;D

I have a question.

Ive got tiny wiggly green caterpillas, chomping on my crop  :'(

What do i do to get rid?
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: RSJK on July 12, 2005, 11:02:28
You have two choices Honeybee either pick them off and squash them or spray them.
             ;)
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: tim on July 12, 2005, 11:16:43
And, sadly, they've taken bacillus t off the list.
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: honeybee on July 12, 2005, 11:29:14
Ahhh thanks, i will try and pick them off first, but if i was to spray them what would i use?
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: shaolin101 on July 12, 2005, 12:48:03
I have the same on my carrot tops - been totally minched! I keep catching them on the soil looking like they are standing on back legs looking around like meer cats.

They get squished!
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: honeybee on July 13, 2005, 09:08:26
All squished ;)

Thanks for the advice, the simplest method is often the most effective ;)

Now what can i take for bakc ache?  ::)
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: Doris_Pinks on July 13, 2005, 11:17:29
I find a nice cold glass of chardonnay in a bath of radox helps! ;D
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: Yuet_Lee on July 15, 2005, 01:03:47
What I did I used them strawberry net and bamboo stick to hold the net to cover all my vegetables. To prevent them caterpillas. It save you a lot of time to pick them out. Can spent more time on weeding ;D ;D
Hope you can see this picture clearly ???
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/sharliu/nettingveg.jpg)

yuet

Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: Grant on July 15, 2005, 10:40:10
Found having a patch of Nasturtiums near by to distract the Cabbage White butterfly which is probally what the catterpillars you have are.  They lay eggs and the catterpillers feed on the Nasturtiums  instead.
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: keef on July 15, 2005, 13:17:58
I've got an old bottle of Crop saver, it works well and lasts for ages (you only need about 20ml to make up a litre of spray) Dont know if you can still get it though...
Title: Re: Sprout question
Post by: honeybee on July 15, 2005, 13:22:10
Ahh thanks, some great tips, being a novice can be hard work but you live and learn :)

I dont mind failure as long as i can learn something from it and already i know what i will be doing next year.

Thanks guys, knowledge is power  :)