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gooseberry bush
apparently good crop that is developing now? Apparently, pouring boiling water over a bucket of foxglove leaves and leaving for a couple of days then spraying the result on the bushes may help.  There is also Nemasys caterpillar & sawfly killer by Cait
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25/05/2012 09:07:21
by Cait
Rose sawfly
My Jacqueline Du Pre has been stripped of leaves  by the rose sawfly caterpillar, but what I would like to know is whether this pest eats other plants too.  I have  lupin, galtonia and gladiolus plants that show the same type of attack as the rose. by lynnoot
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10/08/2012 17:28:06
by lynnoot
FIG
My FIG TREE IS A DWARF ONE, TO BE GROWN IN A POT IT STARTED OFF GREAT, BUT NOW IT HAS THIS BROWN MARKINGS ON IT, LIKE EITHER A CATERPILLAR HAS BEEN MUCHING OR ON THE INNER LEAVE SONTHINE ELSE, HELP!!!! by TOMCATF14
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14/09/2012 10:06:31
by TOMCATF14
Cabbage and pigeons
Your only real way is to net the cabbages by constructing a frame over them. If you use a fine mesh you'll also keep any butterflies out, hence no caterpillars. Be sure to secure the bottom of the mesh well so that no creatures can get in and get by Riicey'sraisedbeds
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19/04/2012 16:03:45
by gridgardener
Blue Butterfly
the caterpillars eat. by jaries
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13/05/2013 13:54:33
by Anne Butler
Cabbage Butterflies & Nasturtium
Until yesterday, when I noticed my Nasturtium was covered in Cabbage caterpillars, I had no idea that they particularly liked muching away on it's leaves. I then read about growing Nast.as a companion plant to Cabbages (which I have at the allotment by Leggi
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19/08/2012 18:08:51
by Leggi
my rosemary!!
my rosemary bush is quite large but I have noticed the ends of alot of the branches are going brown and curling in on themselves. I have looked closely and have found small caterpillars hiding inside of the curled up ends - what are these and what by jdjp122
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15/03/2012 17:19:49
by Emma Crawforth
Talkback: Mullein moth
The mullein moth is one of the ever decreasing number of British moths to be found in the wild. It is appalling to recommend the destruction of these caterpillars. I have observed moths for 50 years and I have seen my first mullein moth caterpillars by Lovemoths
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23/06/2012 09:52:32
by Lovemoths
Talkback: Butterflies: meadow browns and gatekeepers
Help! Found on our weeping pussy willow August 16th, 24 large caterpillars with black and yellow stripes running the length of their body. Munched their way through almost all of the growth on a very young and healthy tree. They became quite by Wildlife
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28/11/2011 18:36:45
by Wildlife
Talkback: Growing gooseberries
Caterpillars eat their way through all the leaves on my gooseberries even though I spend hours picking them off, is there anything I can do? We put a cage over them as soon as it starts to get warm to stop the butterflies laying eggs but still have by bshaw
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08/07/2012 22:32:05
by Railfan15
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