On Mar 26, 3:08*am, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *Jeßus > wrote:
> > > Very good, thanks!
> > > I want to try growing more chard again and the cabbage worms go after it
> > > too. *It's my favorite green.
>
> > Yeah, I have a lot of Rainbow Chard here as well, plus good 'ol English
> > Spinach. Those, along with Kale, are pretty much a staple here.
>
> > I don't have any insect problems with the chard or spinach - they might
> > take the odd nibble here and there, which isn't a problem IMO... in
> > fact, a little bit of insect attack on *organically grown plants*is
> > beneficial to both the plant and humans as it encourages the plant to
> > produce all sorts of chemicals as a defense - many of which are known to
> > fight cancer cells, etc. Plants sprayed with pesticides have no need to
> > produce these chemicals, so they don't.
>
> That is interesting! *I've never heard that before. *Do you have a cite
> for it? *Not arguing, just curious about reading more about it. :-)
>
> The only "pesticide" I would ever use on edible leafy greens would be
> BT. *I used to get home from work at dawn and just hand pick the little
> *******s off of my plants.
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If you have chickens you can let them into the garden and they will
eat all the bugs and cabbage worms for you.