Posted by patiolant on June 13, 2009 at 07:24:33 from (216.65.164.163):
In Reply to: gardening question posted by kippster on June 12, 2009 at 23:35:36:
If you are in an area where canola is grown (same plant family as cabbage, etc.), you also have to watch for flea beetles. If you have an infestation, then can kill a cabbage plant quickly.
If you have a cabbage butterfly worm problem, broccoli is the easiest to deal with since it matures more quickly. In our area, you can't get around the worm problem for cabbage, and have to find ways to control them. We find the best is to build a small, screened, portable enclosure to grow them in.
My father once offered by daughters (when they were young) 5 cents for each cabbage butterfly they could kill. He thought they would get bored quickly, but he almost went broke with all the butterflies they killed.
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