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Spring Cabbage Pest and Disease
(continued page 4)
Pests
and Diseases
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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. |
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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 |
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Cabbage Whitefly |
White larva on
undersides of the leaves and distorted leaves |
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