veg massacre

FOURCANDLES_2

My veg garden is under severe attack,
Crops THAT ARE OK ARE
Pumpkins,sweet corn, purple cabbage,leaks,french beans, beetroot,
CROPS UNDER ATTACK
SPROUTS,BROKI,CABBAGE Although one brand of cabbage has not been attacked .Problem cabbage butterfly's and now mass of caterpillars.
Suggestions please

mrbadexample

Is there any reason why you can't just go out and squish 'em?

Zazen999

Pick them off.

Then give them to the birds.

FOURCANDLES_2

Zazen999 wrote: »

Pick them off.

Then give them to the birds.

I will be in the garden all day doing that I have a fairly large veg garden and a lot of plants any type of spray suggestions that work?

Zazen999

Yes.

Chili, garlic with a dash of washing up liquid. Works a treat. The hotter the chili the better.

FOURCANDLES_2

Well took first advice and pressed ganged the children in to caterpillar capture and disposal carried out with extreme prejudice . I assume we have to do this every other day? to be effective.

mrbadexample

FOURCANDLES wrote: »

I assume we have to do this every other day? to be effective.

Only if you can't persuade them to do it every day.

GreenFly_2

FOURCANDLES wrote: »

CROPS UNDER ATTACK
SPROUTS,BROKI,CABBAGE Although one brand of cabbage has not been attacked .Problem cabbage butterfly's and now mass of caterpillars.
Suggestions please

The only real solution is to stop the butterflies laying the eggs by putting up netting, maybe a bit late this year but not for next year. I made this mistake my first year on my garden plot, this year I was lucky enough to have a cage bought for me with butterfly netting, which went on my allotment to cover the cabbage, cauli & sprouts.
The cage and netting cost around £40 but money well spent and should last for years to come.

Good luck with the fight

Greenfly

Wookey

Check the underside of leaves for little clusters of eggs, remove/squash as needed.

markandkate

Be careful about using bird scarer as we did this and then no birds ate the caterpillars.

Would agree with all that has been said but you could put the grubs on the bird table.

Don't take the outer leaves off even if they are decimated as they can still off the plant protection and support and they can be cut off when you harvest