You’re starting to find holes in the leaves of your kale, and for that matter, in your cabbage, brussels sprouts, or other brassica-family plants. The leaves of the neat rows of radishes you’ve planted are showing signs of chewing, too. Some leaves have little off-white or yellowish spots on their undersides. And you just saw a little green worm wandering over a leaf on your produce.
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you probably have cabbage worms (Pieris rapae or Pieris brassicae).
But don’t lose hope yet. I can help you to eliminate these hungry little worms from your garden, and help you figure out ways to prevent them from coming back.
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How often do you need to reapply?
Why do you gardeners hate me?
Is that pesticide or something organic?
Used the same product on pickle worm in my cucumber patch, they were boring their way into the cucumbers but now they just eat themselves halfway in and stop, I pull them out of their little holes in the morning. Not perfect but I can just cut out their little holes and save 99.9% of the cucumbers. This product has me confident enough to grow cabbage next year. Cabbage is great filler food
those stupid moths….. LOL
Another natural way to take care of caterpillars and other "worms" in the garden is to cultivate the paper wasps which like to nest under the eaves of a house. Each cell in their nest is the future home of a caterpillar paralyzed by the wasp's sting. These wasps are completely docile as long as you restrain yourself from swatting or flailing your arms around when you see them nearby. Once they realize you're not there to bother them, they will let you approach all the way to the nest.
I love your videos- thank you so much for the information in them. I'm having serious issues with these little jerks right now, picking them off, using neem, and now I know how to find the eggs. But I have a question – when you have plants that are pretty "lacey" from this, but super young (8" tall) – how far is "too far gone" or if I maintain now, can they still grow out ok? Mine are just slightly worse than yours. (Definitely going to get BT today!!) Thank you again for the great help in ALL your videos – mega fan!
I found a lot of these caterpillars on my plants as I brought them indoors for the winter. It was difficult to find them, but I knew there were no more on a specific plant when there was no more small round poop near it. I have put them in a plastic box with holes so they can breathe and fed them with cabbage from the supermarket. Some of them died, but at this time, one has become a moth (and passed away), and I set it free in my house 20-30 days ago. Other 2 are still caterpillars and 2 are turning into moths. The moth was pretty friendly, it did not fly away when I got near it and sometimes it would fly on my hand.
This morning I found the one moth dead in my bed, but it wasn't crushed. I researched on the internet and found out that they live 24-33 days. I just hope that the moth didn't lay eggs, because they are pretty annoying when your houseplants get destroyed by them.
I usually poison mealybugs and other pests, but I couldn't kill the caterpillars.
You guys kill them while I hatch them and keep them so they don’t die outside
Is it toxic to humans? Or is washing the cabbage before consuming efficient enough?
Does this BT thing hurts other insects like bees or monarch caterpillars?
“I don’t want them to live life anymore, I want them to be gone.” That is much nicer than what I’ve been saying about them lately! Haha.
What does this do to soil microbiology once applied? Though organic can it have a negative response for beneficial insects you're trying to attract and keep around?
I want them Dead, Dead, Dead
I have a bad infestation on my cabbage plant. I’m glad I found this video. Thank you.
Is this safe for animals? I have a pet rabbit that I feed some of our kale.
Can I spray this on my herbs, the worms ate most of my mint leaves and sage
Is it nontoxic for herbs? Thanks
Do you know what would be on bean plant leaves, it looks like a fungus almost it looks like black hair
Can you still eat the leaves of those plants if they have been sprayed ?
I have tried the B.t. and it does not seem to get them.
Please do a video on how to grow cauliflower and cabbage
"Those stupid moths….." I love it. This year I tried using a pest cloth over all of my brassicas, but those little @#!&% got to my plants anyway. I was hoppin' mad. That stuff is now on my Amazon wish list. Thank you.