I fortunately have not had to deal with any cabbage loopers until now. Last year, my plants looked like a lace doily, and I never got any broccoli from those plants. It's nice to know that there is a place to take them when I find them though!
I spent two hours out in the garden with sprinklers and new fertilizer. I bought some new organic fertilizer and some blood meal yesterday. Organic = stinky. I had to breathe through my mouth for the whole process, but I had several of my paste tomatoes get blossom end rot, and it's been a while since any of my plants have been fed. I've done a much better job with that, and keeping the plants staked this year, but it's still a hard thing for me to remember to do!I picked a full sized zucchini and my first yellow squash today! More peas were picked, and I'm about to go plant some more green beans. I cut all but the very newest growth out of my strawberries today, because they appear done. I did this based off of a suggestion from my great uncle, so we'll see how they do. They were looking pretty sad and diseased anyway.
I practically have to wear a gas mask when I use that organic fertilizer! Between that and the fish emulsion, I don't know which smells worse.
ReplyDeleteI need to fertilize too. I think that the fish/seaweed fertilizer smells like the beach!
ReplyDeleteCabbage loopers can sure do some damage, and hopefully you can find some BT in your area to take care of them.
ReplyDeleteGranny- I'll have to consider the gas mask! The bag stunk before I even opened it. I have used fish emulsion for a while, and I feel like I can stomach that a bit better... I don't know, maybe not! :)
ReplyDeleteRobin- you must be crazy! :) Not the stuff that I buy! It smells like the ground up fish goo that it is!
EG- They sure can! Fortunately, there haven't been too many. I haven't done much searching for BT yet, but the turtles do a nice number on them once I've handpicked them!