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Caterpillars
Is there a spray I can use to prevent Cabbage White butterflies from attacking my brassicas. Netting is the obvious answer, but is there a spray?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I have had some good results with a spray of my own making - water, a little washing up liquid and a good squirt of garlic puree. It also killed the caterpillars if they got a chance to hatch.
An book of old garden tips suggests making a solution of sour milk and a little lemon juice (lemon juice in milk would probably sour it anyway!) and spoon it into the centre of each cabbage once a week.
So that will be my chosen method this year.... Ultimately, some kind of netting to keep the blighters off the brassicas in the first place is the best strategy.
An book of old garden tips suggests making a solution of sour milk and a little lemon juice (lemon juice in milk would probably sour it anyway!) and spoon it into the centre of each cabbage once a week.
So that will be my chosen method this year.... Ultimately, some kind of netting to keep the blighters off the brassicas in the first place is the best strategy.