cabbage white

any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae

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PUT pots of nasturtiums close to cabbages to keep cabbage white butterflies away.

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Karowe fed cabbage white butterfly caterpillars with leaves from plants grown in two different [CO.

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As the sun rises higher in the sky the plot is a hive of activity as what appears to be hundreds of cabbage white butterflies take to the wing.

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Early summer can see infestations of carrot fly, while wireworm will make cavities in root veg and potato tubers and cabbage white larvae play havoc with your brassicas.

Grow Your Own pest free vegetables

Sow nasturtium seeds in situ on the allotment where they will "trap" aphids and act as a decoy for flea beetles, slugs and the cabbage white butterfly's caterpillars.

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Then there's the cabbage white, the eternal scourge of gardeners wreaking fluttering havoc on carefully tended brassicas.

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Most of the veg tested are members of the cabbage family, suffering from the same pests, so you have to be vigilant against slugs and snails, flea beetles, cabbage white caterpillars and mealy aphids.