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 Garden Pests
Cabbage Worms / Cabbage Looper
- Description of Insect black
tipped, white winged adults, velvet green caterpillars white stripes, over winters hard
shell , yellow egg mass layer underside of leaves
- Description of Damage caterpillar feed on leaves leaving holes spreads viruses
- Attacks cabbages, most
vegetables, especially young plants
- Organic Controls: Floating
cover Handpicking caterpillars (if small white cocoons on caterpillars, they are being
parasited by braconid wasp. crush eggs. destroy infested plants Plant resistant varieties
crop rotation reduce food supply by controlling weeds
- Safe Botanicals:
- A sample formula for spraying:
- in a quart water filled near to
top add: 5 drops Tabasco sauce 1 drop Dr. Bronners peppermint soap or use any natural
soap such as Jungle Rain 2 drops garlic oil or crushed or bought
- spray on leaves and directly on
bug. test for strength to avoid damage to plants. Pyrethrium can be dusted around the
plants. avoid beneficials be pest specific
A good
dust mixture is:
- 1 part Pyrethrium
- 1 part Garden
or Food Grade DE
- 1 part alfalfa meal 1/8 part cayenne pepper
dust around plants and under
leaves, don't water for 24 hrs avoid beneficials, be pest specific
- Do not use soaps that are
chemically made or that have strange chemical additives or preservatives. Instead use only
natural soap, either citrus or peppermint based are best but try herbal soaps. Use only a
very small amount of soap and use only when necessary.
- Get Dr Bronners Soap here
- for more information on soap From Using Soap to Using Ultra Fine Oil
The Invisible Gardener
Last Update: 12/18/2012
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