Cabbage worms? How do I get rid of em?

I just started a garden this year and my poor cabbage and broccoli are being eaten alive by cabbage worms and ive noticed some wasps/hornets eating from my garden as well! How do I get rid of them without using chemicals?
Cabbage worms? How do I get rid of em?
Mix 1/4 cup of dish washing detergent with 1/4 cup of vegetable oil and one gallon of water and spray on the plants, be sure and get the undersides of the leaves. This mix is okay for food plants too, just rinse your vegetables before eating.
Reply:I have used a powder before on the plants to keep the cabbage worms off, but have not done that in several years as the powder was more of a danger than the worms were to human consumption (I cannot remember what it was called, either, some form of powdered moth and caterpillar repellant). KEEP the bees though. They actually eat the butterflies that make the worms. You have probably found just the wings of them in the garden, the wasps and bees eat the bodies. If anything, try to get MORE bees in your garden.
Reply:Sprinkle flour on the cabbage when it is wet from the dew, after it rains, etc.

When they climb up on the plant from where they've been hiding, they'll become coated with flour, get pasted, suffocate %26amp; fall off.



I've grown cabbage %26amp; this worked for me. Also, when you see any pest eggs laid on the top of the cabbage, you can pour some sour milk on the cabbage head to kill pests before they emerge.



Here's a chart including flour as as pesticide for cabbage loopers.

http://www.altelco.net/~myone/organic_in...

Some other controls: Bacillus thuringiensis, Trichogramma wasps, Green lacewing. hot pepper wax. pyrethrum/diatomaceous earth blend. Use resistant varieties. Neem Oil (100% Pure), .



"Cabbage worms are most effectively controlled by using Bacillus thuringiensis, a non- toxic bacterial spray sold as Dipel and Thuricide."

http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/greenline/...



Maybe those wasp are really helping out: "Wasps and hornets are among the most valuable insects on our property if we are looking for help in controlling pest insects. Wasps prey on large quantities of harmful caterpillars and flies which they feed to their young. If you have wasps and hornets living someplace on your property, you are unlikely to have any serious fly problems" http://www.yardener.com/WaspsandHornets....

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-an...



Broccoli Pests

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load...

Broccoli questions

http://www.plantanswers.com/breakout/qa1...

Good luck! Try the flour first. Hope this was helpful.
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