They lay eggs on the stems of broccoli, radish, turnips, and all varieties of cabbage. When those eggs hatch, the larvae burrow into the plants' roots, causing them to wilt and die.

Q:My neighbor said you had a trick or remedy for root maggots that involves using some kind of tape on the seedlings of broccoli and cauliflower. I have made collars out of cardboard, but the tape ...

Q. The ornamental kale in my flowerbed developed small yellow flowers this past December. I’ve never seen it do that before. Any idea why this happened? A. So-called flowering kale and flowering ...

Given the enormous potential of cabbage stems, leaves and flowers to give rise to almost every imaginable form of vegetable, you might wonder why cabbage seeds and roots have been ignored as ...