What Animal Is Eating The Leaves To The Ground In Approximately 2 Hours On My Horseradish?

Just seems to short a period of time for bugs to eat the leaves to ground just little nubs of leaves left.

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#1 Comment By BushDoctor On 04/24/2023 @ 9:32 am

This sounds like the cabbageworm, which will feed on plants in the genus, Brassica. There are several ways to control them, my favorite being Bacillius thuringiensis (Bt). It is a non-toxic microbe that is quite effective. This article will give some more suggestions:

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