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Re: broccoli buggies

At 05:06 PM 10/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Yikes! My broccoli crop has been decimated by liitle green caterpillars - i
>picked off about 8 of them this morning - I still have a few broccolis left
>- any suggestions how to rid them - This is my first bug infestation as I
>usually don't get buggies on my city rooftop garden - ive seen soap and
>water posted as a common way to rid buggies - will this work with my little
>green guys -

Sounds like imported cabbage worms. (Gee, Americans can't even build
caterpillars right any more--we have to import 'em. :-) I personally haven't
had enough of a problem to go after them, so i'll leave it to someone else
to suggest BT. But i don't think you can avoid bringing them into the
kitchen :-P at harvest time, so...

Soak the broccoli in salt water after you harvest it. This will flush the
little green guys out of hiding. Don't worry about missing a few--they lose
their camouflage green when cooked. :-P :-P They're high in protein, too.
:-P :-P :-P

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