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    Brussel Sprout's Beware

    I went down the plot this morning and when i was stripping the side leave's of my sprout's a big EEEEK Caterpillar's on one of the plant's stack's of e'm they are now in the compost .
    They must have been there as eggs when the snow was on them two week's ago this is global warming gone mad .
    So folk's go and check your's out it might just be worth it jacob marley
    What lies behind us,And what lies before us,Are tiny matters compared to what lies Within us ...
    Ralph Waide Emmerson
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    yep - the lil buggers are here too!!

    My spring cabbage is looking like lace work and I brought in some salad leaves last night for supper - put them on the draining board whilst doing other stuff and out wiggles this lil green chap ...I shouted at him and he covered his ears and played dead
    Last edited by piskieinboots; 15-11-2008, 02:05 PM.
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    • #3
      Funny, you should post that.

      Checked the calabrese before dinner, and there was at least 20 young caterpillars on one plant - out came the spray!!!

      Neil

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      • #4
        I thought I'd picked them all off the calabrese th other night, but low and behold I managed to cook one, unluckily it ended up on my hubbies plate. A week later he's still looking thoroughly through every plate of food I give him before eating it!

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        • #5
          i was hoping for a few caterpillars, so i could save em for the baby chickies when they grow a bit ...... unfortunately can't find any, so they will have to make do with the box of little slugs i've been saving

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          • #6
            Lynda, do you want mine? I squished a big fat one on my kale today, I'm sure there's more where he came from. It's very mild here still - 15 C the last two days, so they'll be active
            Last edited by Two_Sheds; 15-11-2008, 08:01 PM.
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              ohhhhhhh TS ........ i could do a caterpillar in aid of baby chooks thread ...... i just know they would be very happy to recieve all donations (when they eventually arrive that is

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              • #8
                Chooks won't eat the cabbage white caterpillars you find on the brassicas, but they will eat the green ones you find on them, which I think is the Large Whites.
                No birds will eat them btw. Wasps will though.
                "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

                Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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                • #9
                  Got them on my purple sprouting here.
                  (Had my first crop of that at the weekend, nice broccoli, shame about the caterpillars!)
                  Warning: I have a dangerous tendency to act like I know what I'm talking about.

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