Natural Pest Control: Caterpillars, Aphids, Cabbageworms, Root Fly, Pigeons

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Caterpillars carnaged your cabbages? Pigeons nibbled your veggie plot? Then you’re yet another victim of a brassica massacre! There’s nothing worse than the sinking feeling you get when you go out to your precious garden only to discover that pesky pigeons and creepy crawlies have eaten your dinner before you even had a chance to harvest it. We hear your cry for help! Never fear, Ben is here with his top tips for natural pest control.

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@lakshmiramakrishna9255
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Thanks Ben!

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@4doglady
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Brilliant! Thanks. I'm absolutely beset by cabbage root fly (first time ever) and slugs this year. But the biggest problem is flea beetles – particularly on brassicas ? such as mizuna, rocket etc.

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@Roonitochka
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Omg I'm losing my mind with black birds digging up all my seedlings and don't know what to do. Ever when i only plant large seedlings, they still dig them out and i lose so much. I was hoping window boxes wouldn't be a problem as they are raised off the ground. No still digging and pulling my beautiful lobelias out 😭😭😭😭

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@powerdither7309
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

My dill grown on windowsill from seed seems really weak on the stem….can hardly stand up…I had it out side in the breeze earlier. I wondered if it may strengthen…who knows…I dont😂

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@brun4775
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Please also do a video on the unnatural, chemical ways of getting rid of them too.

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@acuteangina705
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

"Brassica massacre" 😂 This is why you are all my favourite

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@shirleyandrews1152
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

You gave me some great ideas, Fall gardening has begun. THANK YOU‼️ from California USA.

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@johnruckman2320
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

What about earwigs?

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@Jacky-Boy
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

First year gardening. After the slug onslaught earlier this year I've just gone out to my garden to see a brassica buffet occurring. I'm livid!

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@mariavictoriavindaslopez9476
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

In Costa Rica we have also ants leaves carrier

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@sn232
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Thank you for the idea of using bamboo or rebar with tubes to create an arch, or simply put water bottles over the sticks to create a corner that the thulle will not tear on!

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@sherronhardin2127
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

I was so discouraged that so much of my hard work was eaten up. Gardening is something you watch daily.
Thank you for the cardboard idea. I had planted marigolds but they the worms got them Anyways. I’ve sprinkled some spices on the leaves to stop them from continuing. We shall see. I want organic vs what’s available yo me in our stores here in the USA. Not sure what’s really organic that is labeled that way. At least I know what’s on my plants.

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@kamuroshow4884
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

It also saves you from poking your eye out 😂😂

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@LINDAWATSONGARDEN
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Very informative video Ben thank you. You really are a know it all.🤣 Joking aside you do explain very well and know your stuff.

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@FHRider-o1m
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

I’m off to get some net. A pair of wood pigeons and blackbirds have nested in the garden, we love them, and already have bird feeders, but they’re going to love the veg. Can I plant strawberries in amongst peas/beans etc?

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@IntegratedPestManagement
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Cabbageworms can wipe out your brassica's!

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@The1IronMaiden
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

No matter how many videos I watch I just keep learning something new from Ben. Love the bamboo corners with water pipe bent over the top for a temporary poly tunnel, excellent as always.

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@annakeiller2820
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Great ideas, thank you!

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@helendavies2234
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Hi I’m in the uk- which insect hitting do you use and where did you get it from? 😊

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@littlebabybear2022
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

A friend of mine said to use the rings for canning and put them around your plants

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@SuperCuriouss
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Since i grow and dry chillies, i spray with a capsasum emmulsion almost every time I'm out in the garden. Nothing likes it, not even white fly, or rodents. And my sacrificial Fennel in the corner has been an aphid magnet, followed by ladybirds, aka the slaughter hourse 🙂

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@TaanayeSikhosana
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

My Broccoli and Cauliflower was decimated and was feeling defeated this afternoon. My marigolds are still too young to help. Anyway thanks for video, next time will employ all the tactics given

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@just_norma7
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Thanks Ben. I’ve just started veggie gardening and I’m learning heaps from your channel 🙏🏻😊

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@charlottescott7150
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Thank you

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@simonford5819
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

My 2023 summer crop of cauliflowers were ravaged not by caterpillars or birds, but slugs! I took such care in covering them with a fine mesh and they thrived until the rain/sun/rain started! I had to scrap the whole harvest as slugs were in between the leaves and curds, I have no idea where they came from! Unfortunately these pests were not mentioned in this video, any tips welcome for next year!

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@susanjohnston6485
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

This year my worst pest was grasshoppers.They came in a swarm and stayed all summer to eat their way through my whole garden. I covered crops with tile and to my horror the next morning there were huge holes in the netting where they had eaten that too .Next year I must have a plan in place. Window screen netting? I’ve never had this problem before, maybe they won’t come back. Gardening is always a learning process.

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@Whistlewalk
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Thanks Ben.. You showed me a couple of options I hadn't thought of.

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@lindasymonds7954
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

My problem is slugs and earwigs.

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@oddopops
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

👍👍😊

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@mariadasilva8785
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

Thank you Ben! I love the water bottle tip.
I am already using tule for some of my pots but I am holding it in place with clothes pins.

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@ScoreGuru123
May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 pm

I hate pigeons, flying rats

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Natural Pest Control: Caterpillars, Aphids, Cabbageworms, Root Fly, Pigeons

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