Re: Broccolli problems...pests!

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From: Kevin Henson <k*@thesocket.com>
I am growing broccoli for the first time in my garden....  The Broccoli is biting the dust.  I have one plant that has been stripped of
all of its leaves.  I did some research, and the answer was to put seven on
the plants.

The holes are in the middle of the leaves...until there isn't a middle
anymore...then the whole leaf is gone.

Peg,
 
Use Bt....what you have is cabbage worms (I think that's what there called ) and they love brassica plants.....I just handpicked about 10 of the green varmints off of my cabbage...unfortunately my broccoli seeds didn't germinate  :(  Anyway, Bt is natural.....only kills the worms, nothing else.  Hope this helps, you can still salvage that broccoli! btw Bt works on tomato hornworms in the summer too :)
 
Fern
So Cal
Zone ?
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