YouTube: Cabbage Moth and Cabbage Looper ID and Management
This week's YouTube video is all about the Cabbage Moth and Cabbage Looper--how to identify them and manage them on your cool season brassica crops.
Ask Gardenerd: Green Worms on My Brassicas
We get questions like this one from Jody all the time: "Last year I ripped everything out of my garden, put fresh soil in and decided rather last minute to do an edible landscape. It was beyond anything I could have expected or hoped for, but what really was trouble was the white butterflies infesting/laying eggs/green worms in my cabbage, broccoli and kale.
Take Cover! It’s Cabbage Moth Season.
Just a few moments in the garden reveal that it must be mating season for the cabbage moth. These deceptively cute white butterflies can be found twirling around one another and fluttering about the
garden, looking for a good place to lay their eggs. Be prepared.
We planted out our kale and cabbage crops early this year, but took the precaution of covering them with floating row cover to keep the critters from
settling in.
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