Wrestling a Cabbage Worm and Aphids

I was tending to the balcony garden taking care of the self-watering containers and spraying down the seeds when I noticed a big bit hole taken out of a romaine lettuce leaf.

When I took a closer look at the leaves and started to go through them, I saw a little green critter on the back of a leaf. Pretty sure it was a cabbage worm that was going to town and munching on my stuff.

Once I got rid of those two little bastids, I was poking around for some signs of more. I noticed little whitish/green bugs on the romaine lettuce as well that I believe are aphids. I just used a water spray bottle to get rid of them.

Not sure if this is something that I should be more proactive about in preventing. I could just keep checking each morning and wrestling the worms or I could make a garlic or pepper spray to use on the plants to combat the pests.

What's your thoughts on the best way to handle this? Check every morning? Garlic spray? Pepper spray?

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[Cheryl63389]

Just wait until you try to raise squash and find a darn squash vine borer in your vines!!!! That will really tick you off! It did me.  I ripped them out of the ground and burned them.

[CanarsieBK]

@Cheryl63389 Ugh. I can imagine.

[duncan7599]

Just pick it up with your fingers you pussy bitch. What you also get your finger nails done at the nail salon to?

[CanarsieBK]

@duncan7599 Thanks for the encouraging comment. Much appreciated.

[fluffywelshsheep]

try spraying/waterring with garlic water , I have a little plastic milk bottle with garlic water in it i put in the water can :)

[CanarsieBK]

@fluffywelshsheep Good call. I'll find some birds to feed them too. WIll also try the garlic water. Thanks!

[fluffywelshsheep]

:) you'll need to find some one with birds then and feed them the catterpillar (worm):)

[CanarsieBK]

@ClosDominguez He was tryin to escape me...but failed. ;-)

[ClosDominguez]

"Come here... You BASTARD" lol

[CanarsieBK]

@tasosestasosestasose I'll have to experiment with that next time I have some.