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21 Apr 12, mick (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

just wondering if anybody has good tips for natural and organic pest control.seem to have a lot of aphids and white moths. plants are nice and healthy apart from leaves being eaten

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23 Apr 12, Julia (Australia - temperate climate)

I use just plain flour, sifted onto the leaves of my plants, it acts as a stomach poison on the caterpillars but doesn't harm anything else, no harm to you and breaks down quickly

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05 Jan 12, Joe (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Cauli-Community, Here on the Sunshine Coast QLD have problems with white butterflies and worms eating away the leaves. A decent daily spray of garlic and chilly infused water seems to fight off both successfully. Caulis seem to be strong feeders; I applied good general fertilizer weekly and added aged cow manure a shovel load per plant per month. Heads are now developing, yeah! I grow them under 90% shade cloth and hope this keeps the heads white. temperatures are going up which they dont seem to like a lot; supply decent deep root drinks daily. Fingers crossed! Joe

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29 Nov 11, Sam (Australia - temperate climate)

Thanks - I finally got a couple to grow and I harvested the first one this morning because the curds were starting to separate. It is very small (I don't expect them to be as big as a store bought one) but kind of greenish and discoloured. Is it safe to eat do you think?

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13 Oct 11, Sam (Australia - temperate climate)

I planted cauliflower some months ago and the plants are going nuts. They look really healthy and are getting quite big but there is no sign of a head yet. Will it come or is it too late. Why wouldn't the heads be forming?

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28 Oct 11, Bruce (Australia - temperate climate)

Be patient, they grow huge and quite slowly.

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17 Nov 11, dave (Australia - temperate climate)

cauli sould be grown in cool temps it dose not like summer

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31 Jul 11, Ben Fergusson (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Karen had the same problem till told by a commercial grower to tie all the leaves together over the head and water well each day walla it worked

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30 Jul 11, Karen (Australia - temperate climate)

My cauliflower plant looks good but the head or curds are not close together but spread and look as if it has gone to seed. what have i done wrong?

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13 Jul 11, Bruce (Australia - temperate climate)

You don't say what is eating your plants such as snails or small grey match head size bugs. Di-pel is available at local garden shops for cabbage moth(grey bugs). It is not a chemical and acceptable for use by organic gardeners. You need to read the label to understand how it works. Bruce

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