by A.J. Coltrane
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The basil and peppers are now permanently outside. And the Glacier tomato plant did this:
A picture of the sweet peppers. [Left to right, back row first — Tequila, Lipstick, King of the North, Gypsy, Gourmet, Cute Stuff.] The hot ones are in the box behind these [Banana, Early Jalapeno, Anaheim College 64. Also shallots, shiso, and lemongrass]:
Basil. Four Italian Sweet Basil, Purple, and the little one is Fino Verde:
The zucchini:
For comparison, here are the zucchini (right) on May 5:
The epazote gives off chemicals that other plants don’t like. So it got its own pot a little distance away:
The cool weather plants. I’ve been using the “cut and come again” technique. (Cutting off the outside larger leaves, rather harvesting the whole head. The plants have been vigorously replacing the cut leaves.) The two romaine in the back box (right) were transplanted away from a sunny box to make room for the hot peppers. Everything should be happier with the new arrangement.
Overview:

A visitor on the brussels sprouts:
A little research later:
That white “visitor” moth lays eggs on cabbage. The eggs become green/blue caterpillars which eat holes in the leaves of the cabbage.
Google “white cabbage moth”. Or “white cabbage butterfly”.
It matches the damage I’ve seen, which I had assumed was all slug damage.
Something else to look out for.
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