How to Get Rid of CabbageWorms

Garden & Lawn Care, Pest Control

How to Get Rid of Cabbageworms:

Manually remove (handpick) the eggs if possible.

Yellow sticky traps will catch the adult butterflies, but may also catch beneficial insects.

Spraying with BTK every 1 to 2 weeks will also help control cabbage family pests. Sevin also is effective. And, the few pests that remain on the vegetables can be washed out after harvest using water and a small amount of detergent or other surfactant.

It is said that if you dampen cabbage leaves and sprinkle them with cornmeal, the caterpillars will eat the meal, swell, and die.

Old folk advice from The 1963 Old Farmer’s Almanac states: Years ago, people sprinkled rye flour over cabbage plants in the early morning. The flour dehydrated the cabbage worms. Give it a try!