We are being plagued by the b****y things and I was wondering if there was an organic way to deal with them other than squishing them?

hand pick them,
put them in a bucket with a bit of netting on top (think locking stable stable door after horse has bolted )
feed them the odd raggity leaf and watch them turn into flutterbys

Tara you're brilliant I don't know why I didn't think of it before

I've got them too now , zillions of them Decimated nearly a whole row of cabbages overnight The ones the slugs and snails had left
Sooooo apart from breeding them, what to do? Would soapy water do the trick? As a deterrent, like

If you like killing caterpillars you can use Derris liquid or dust.
I'd prefer Tara's route as I'm not a natural born killer of anything.

Bun bun was on my plot on Sunday when I went with my husband. First time he's seen it and it's now fully grown. They grow up so fast these days don't they

Derris liquid is now defunct but only just so you might still be able to lay your hands on it. Derris dust is likely to survive I hear. Although its organic (I can hear G2 shouting at me from here ) they can't afford the malarky to get it marketed and sold as such. Same as with Armillatox

here we go

Armillatox might be banned for use in your garden. Defra don't rule my garden. How can there be a law that says I can't use it in my garden You might not be able to use it in your garden but then you're registered under the Soil Assoc, I'm not.

I am not wrong about Derris dust I spoke to our lotty supplier wholesaler chap just yesterday and he tells me that Vitax are in talks and it looks like this product might yet continue to be available for gardeners

So, ner

Ive been asking around and Derris might still be banned totally by EU.

Armillatox is only sold to clean paths, you are breaking the law by telling peeps its ok for the garden..



Pssttt Wardy grows her veg in coal dust

oh! gawd here we go again......
Dom, put your sequins on and grab your number placards....

DING DING.....round two,

oh! gawd here we go again......
Dom, put your sequins on and grab your number placards....

DING DING.....round two,

But anyway, I really really don't trust myself with pesticides whether they're banned, not banned, about to be banned, should be banned I think a Dom armed with a packet of chemicals would be dangerous indeed

Am going to blast the eggs with soapy water

I was gonna say that I just ordered soft soap for insect spraying for the lotties but then I expect that's been reclassified as a cleaner anorl. In fact I'm pretty sure it has but it doesn't matter as the insects don't know