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Maggots and Brussels Sprouts

At 06:38 AM 1/10/98 -0500, you wrote:

>As far as broccoli, the only "worm" that I've encountered are worms
>resulting from the eggs of the cabbage moth.  If you see a white month
>flying around your cabbage family plants (broccoli, cabbage, brussel
>sprouts, etc.), you'll probably find worms on your plants later on.  

Hi, Rene.  Yes, I get those moth caterpillars, but they're easy to pick
off, so I don't worry about them.  The worms I was talking about are some
kind of a maggot that attacks the roots - I know when my broccoli has them,
because the plants wither and die, one at a time, in such a way as to
suggest the maggots infest one plant's roots, then move on to its neighbor.
 I believe these are called cabbage maggots, but I'm not sure.  I am going
to try coffee grounds; it will be better than the diazanon I used last year
- at harvest time, I threw away the broccoli because I was afraid to eat it.

When the end of the season is nearing, say mid-late September in Zone 5,
pinch off the growing tip of your brussels sprout stalks.  The rest of the
time the plant is growing, its energy will go into the sprouts instead of
the stalk.  I read that somewhere, tried it, and it works.

Thanks for your help with the worms!


Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Z 5/6
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