Spring Cabbage Pest and Disease (continued page 4)

Disease / Pest

Symptoms

Cabbage Root Fly Stunted growth especially if infected as seedlings. Discoloured leaves which wilt. Roots are black and rotten. Click the link on the left for details of how to prevent and treat Cabbage Root Fly

Club root The first signs of infection are wilting. blueish leaves and a dying plant.

Cabbage Moth and White Butterfly The caterpillars are visible to the naked eye, as are the moths and butterflies. Holes in the leaves

Wirestem Rotting stems on seedlings

Cabbage Whitefly White larva on undersides of the leaves and distorted leaves