![]() ![]() Plant a bit later when the weather is drier. Apply lime or wood ashes around the base of plants time planting to avoid insect growth cycle. Maggots will tunnel into roots leaving brown scars some plants may be honeycombed with slimy tunnels. Flies lay eggs in the soil near the seedling or plant. Seeds and seedlings Seedlings fail to emerge from soil seedlings are eaten roots are tunneledĪ cabbage maggot is a small gray-white, legless worm to ⅓-inch long an adult is the cabbage root fly, which looks like a housefly. Small scattered heads form mature heads do not.Plant stops producing heads or buds older buds flower.Plant wilts roots are swollen and misshapen, and roots rot.Leaves and head become pale green leaves wilt slimy rot develops in stem, leaves, and head.Leaves are eaten and plants are partially defoliated.Leaves partially eaten leaves webbed together eggs in rows on undersides of leaves.Tiny shot holes in the leaves of seedlings. ![]() Leaves have whitish or yellowish spots leaves are deformed plant wilts.Leaves are yellowish and slightly curled with small shiny specks.Leaves yellow plant stunted small glistening white specks on roots.Leaves become dull yellow, curl, and plants may die.Irregular yellowish to brownish spots on upper leaf surfaces grayish powder or mold on undersides.Young sprouts fail to grow or die back bluish-black spot on leaves and stems.Seedlings are eaten or cut off near the soil level.Seeds rot or seedlings collapse with dark water-soaked stems as soon as they appear.Seedlings fail to emerge from soil seedlings are eaten roots are tunneled. ![]()
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