Growing Cauliflower

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14 Aug 14 Caroline (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
What can I use against caterpillars eating my cauliflower seedlings? As organically kind as possible please. I seem to do great with spinach and spring onions but every time I plant any kind of cabbage type, little worms eat them within hours! :-)
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17 Aug 14 jason (Australia - arid climate)
I made a nice brew from boiling chilli, basil, coriander and garlic to make a concentrate, strained off the solids then added some molasses and a little castile soap. after spraying that on my garden everything had grown much better and no more pests
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16 Aug 14 David Esdaile (Australia - temperate climate)
Dipel is a suspension of bacteria (B. thuringiensis) which kills leaf-eating caterpillars (like Cabbage White Butterfly larvae) and is as safe as anything can be. It's a Yates product (at least the one I use is). You'll have to spray a couple of times throughout the season if caterpillars continue to be a problem. If you haven't got hundreds of caulis it's easy to pick off the grubs at early stages of growth. Just look for the little caterpillars on the backs of the outer leaves.
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