Growing Cauliflower

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25 May 16 Mark (Australia - temperate climate)
Hi, I am growing cauliflower and broccoli and something keeps eating my leaves, I have tried many things but they just keep eating the leaves. Any suggestion to keep away these pest.
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28 Jan 17 Chris (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Go out at night with a torchlight,your looking for catipillars they feed at night ,they eat a lot . I went to Bunnings and bought a catipillar powder Yates vegetable dust Derris
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03 Jun 16 Elizabeth (Australia - temperate climate)
I found that those beautiful yellowish butterflies, lay their eggs on the leaves and when they hatch they eat big holes in the leaves and sometimes in the actual cauliflower. I spray mine with water/dishwashing liquid.
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