This past summer, we were so excited with our first attempt at growing cabbage. The whole row was looking great and then one day we went out to discover that the cabbage worms had attacked.
I just wonder, what good are these worms anyway?
Today, I was looking at the latest book by Edward Smith called The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible: Discover Ed’s High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions
Simply place large pots of mint among the cabbages to help discourage the the moths from laying their eggs in the plant. I suspect this works much like the moth chaser sachets I make to keep moths from smelling the wool in the closet. If you can keep the moths from smelling the food source, they won’t lay their eggs there. They are just trying to be good parents and lay their eggs where the babies will have food to eat.
If you decide to try this, remember, you need to put the mint in pots in order to keep it from spreading like a weed. It sure beats going out each day and picking them off!
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