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New (to me) brassica pest

9 years ago

I was wondering what was skeletonizing my white and red Russian kale (esp. the red which I don't have any more seeds for - grrr!). Haven't seen cabbage loopers, found something that looked like yellowish-white worms on the leaves 3 all in a row but not moving. Well today I pulled the kale and found these guys!

I imagine Bt will control these? Wasps aren't.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cross-striped cabbage worm

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digdirt2
9 years ago
Yeah Bt takes care of them. They are quite common around here.

Dave
2ajsmama
Original Author
9 years ago
Figured Bt would work for any caterpillar. Have to see what the moth looks like - these are new up here. They aren't bothering the curly kale though I should just pull that now, that's the only brassica I'm growing. Think if I just pull all the kale and wait a few weeks I'll have them die out, or will it be just in time for the ones who have already matured (?) to lay eggs? I really hate to spray if I don't have to.
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jkduke22
9 years ago
I got a bunch of different worms all over my cabbage etc this year. I picked them off and put on row cover and that kept the worms away without spraying.

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