Garden Pests: 8 Ways to Protect Your Cabbages

Home-grown cabbages have a range of flavours that you just can't match from store-bought versions. However cabbages and other brassicas are quite vulnerable to pests and diseases.

In this short video we show how you can protect your cabbages from the most common threats in your vegetable garden.

[mollymichael]

I appreciated the fact that this was short, quick, and to the point information. Thank you for providing this content.

[dr.michaelr.foreman]

So much for dill protecting cabbage plants. I have dill planted next to my cabbage plants, I woke up this morning to discover one cabbage plant completely eaten by some insect.

[melaniesutcliffe]

too quick for me too, I had to use the pause button the read the notes, very good info

[oooooo]

thank you for making this short, i have hopes for next year

[johnhodgkinson]

Awesome I like quick ones saves me forwarding and missing bits 👌🏻

[elizabethmoffett]

When you make your own pesticide for cabbages, do you have to re-apply after each rain? winter time, I add a teaspoon of vegetable oil to my mixture for it to stick to the leaves and not run off.

[angelaburns]

These tips are just fantastic who new!!! But it's going to fast to read slow down a wee bit plz

[KatiaKulykLifeCoach]

Thank you! I am missing such fast and clear videos on youtube, which respect the time of the one watching.

[Saintly]

I agree... Way too fast. No time to look, read, & absorb.

[speedtimothy]

…or you could manually pick the caterpillars off and throw them into the garden pond for the fishes to eat (win, win)

[angelslive]

Half off them don’t work- Thyme is one it’s rubbish Best thing is just cover them up - fine netting 😅

[gardenerofthegalaxy]

Plants that attract or provide habitat for wasps are the best way to keep cabbage worms away. The yellow-jackets eat most of the cabbage worms on all of my grandmother's brassicas.

[firsttimemommy]

Have you ever tried putting something just over the head of cabbage to prevent bugs eating it? This is my first year growing cabbage and the bugs love it!

[gardenerofthegalaxy]

Plants that attract hoverflies will keep the aphid populations minimal

[jimsgardenproject]

What other is good for current aphid infestation? This are the critters flying everywhere when I just touch my cabbage or broccoli etc, correct??

[joyflgrl]

Thank you. This was very helpful! I’m finding your videos super informative. I really appreciate the effort and care you put into educating us. Many many many thanks!

[Skifreakdawn]

Well I have dill, thyme, and a small amount of mint already in my garden. I planted my cabbage in tubs and sat them at the edge of my garden and just this morning woke up to small holes in them.

[nickthegardener.]

I'm going to be a cabbage January king 3! Hopefully 👍

[Shadowraider]

I am having issues with birds getting my Strawberries and some of my Romaine lettuce, what can I do that won't hurt the birds and won't cost too much?

[Sergecalifornia]

I'm having a big problem with my cabbage. rat and mice eating them. Any suggestion? I try hot pepper habanero spray. Covering them with bucket they go underneath. I tried almost everything. It's very frustrating