Lesson of life or how to...

[coreopsis]

squish a caterpillar
bloody disgusting things,munching on my brassicas
practice makes perfect so they say...(so I keep telling myself)

[WeeGarden]

I use a bit of slate chipping and squish them against the leaf. If they're big ones, I'll use a stick to transfer them to the bird feeder.

I think I'm losing the battle... I turn my back for ONE day and the leaves are full of tiny tiny holes... *sigh*

[ginger ninger]

I hand pick them off, and feed them to my gold fish... i have some very fat fish

[Snadger]

Don't mention them to Hugh...........he'll concoct a recipe for them!!!!!

[Lemon]

I hand pick them off, and feed them to my gold fish... i have some very fat fish

I can't possibly do the hand-picking! You're brave! Sorry - can only manage snails 'cos they have a shell to hold! I would have to do weegarden's stick trick thing! Have even tried to use 2 twigs like chopsticks! Very fiddly!

[HayleyB]

Probably easier to use 'proper' chopsticks then Lemon

Anyway, I suggest everyone gets chooks cause they are two legged slug and caterpillar disposal units

[Two_Sheds]

tweezers are good for picking off caterpillars, esp. the ones that wriggle down inside the hearts of plants.

drop them in a jar of salty water, and compost them. Or non-salty water and put on the birdtable

[BFG]

Poor little things. Remember this thread when you're sadly discussing the lack of Butterflies when that thread appears!

[Lemon]

I see 3 cabbage whites dancing round my veg beds as we speak......I much rather there be none.


I prefer to eat my GYO - not grow for insect/bug consumption.

[WeeGarden]

I'm now using an amalgamation of my initial stick thing and Lemon's chopstick method and using two thick skewers to pick the l'il blighters off. Chopstick skills are go!

I followed a cabbage white today and squished the eggs as she went.

I have nasturtiums around, which one of the whites went for. They're welcome to them, it's what I planted them for, but I think they prefer the cabbages...