caterpillars

[paprika49]

besides picking off and crushing them, is there a pesticide for killing the caterpillars on my gooseberry bushes?

[meltoadhall]

not that i have found i just pick them off (with gloves) and squish them regularly. Last year i was new at this and they ate all the leaves!!

[debros12]

derrisdust will get rid of them but the leaves won' t return until next spring. however they will not effect the fruit

[rhona_j]

Pick them all off this year and you should get a good crop next year, that's what my husband did last year and you should see how many have grown this year!
Ooh, that sounds a bit like a tounge twister!

[numptyjames]

hang fat balls amung the bushs they will bring the birds
they will eat the caterpillars while waiting to get at the fat balls this works on apple treesas well...