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  • #1

    Lesson of life or how to...

    squish a caterpillar
    bloody disgusting things,munching on my brassicas
    practice makes perfect so they say...(so I keep telling myself)
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    I use a bit of slate chipping and squish them against the leaf. If they're big ones, I'll use a stick to transfer them to the bird feeder.

    I think I'm losing the battle... I turn my back for ONE day and the leaves are full of tiny tiny holes... *sigh*
    http://www.weeveggiepatch.blogspot.com

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    • #3
      I hand pick them off, and feed them to my gold fish... i have some very fat fish

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      • #4
        Don't mention them to Hugh...........he'll concoct a recipe for them!!!!!
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          Originally posted by ginger ninger View Post
          I hand pick them off, and feed them to my gold fish... i have some very fat fish
          I can't possibly do the hand-picking! You're brave! Sorry - can only manage snails 'cos they have a shell to hold! I would have to do weegarden's stick trick thing! Have even tried to use 2 twigs like chopsticks! Very fiddly!

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          • #6
            Probably easier to use 'proper' chopsticks then Lemon

            Anyway, I suggest everyone gets chooks cause they are two legged slug and caterpillar disposal units
            Hayley B

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            An Egg is for breakfast, a chook is for life

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            • #7
              tweezers are good for picking off caterpillars, esp. the ones that wriggle down inside the hearts of plants.

              drop them in a jar of salty water, and compost them. Or non-salty water and put on the birdtable
              All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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              • #8
                Poor little things. Remember this thread when you're sadly discussing the lack of Butterflies when that thread appears!

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                • #9
                  I see 3 cabbage whites dancing round my veg beds as we speak......I much rather there be none.


                  I prefer to eat my GYO - not grow for insect/bug consumption.

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                  • #10
                    I'm now using an amalgamation of my initial stick thing and Lemon's chopstick method and using two thick skewers to pick the l'il blighters off. Chopstick skills are go!

                    I followed a cabbage white today and squished the eggs as she went.

                    I have nasturtiums around, which one of the whites went for. They're welcome to them, it's what I planted them for, but I think they prefer the cabbages...
                    http://www.weeveggiepatch.blogspot.com

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