fairy&cake Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 there are 100's of catapillars on my veg! please help me find away of keeping them away! please im going mad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 As soon as you see the white eggs squish them between your finger and fum, you could spray them with something like a basic pest detterent or even just pick them off and drown them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Even better, pick them off and feed them to the chooks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowcloud Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Too late for the ones you already have - you will have to pick them off by hand to be truly chemical free, or you can get some organic or non-organic spray to fight them off - but it will need to be reapplied each week or so. Not ideal either way. Best thing to do is as soon as they are planted - net the whole area. I use anti-butterfly netting which you can get online from the organic garden catalogue. It lets the bees through, but the white butterflies can't get through. This worked really well for me - it keeps the bl##dy pigeons out too (and hungry chickens !). It's not too late to start again for this year - for a radical approach you could rip them all out and start again with some netting - good luck - well worth the effort once they grow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
