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22 Nov 13 Lalita (Australia - temperate climate)

I had planted Kale seedlings in my vegetable garden 2 months ago,they have been growing quite slowly until recently. For last 2 days couple of leaves have been beaten and covered with sticky stuff,similar to my cabbage plant leaves closely. I have used pepper,garlic and soap spray today. any ideas what it could be and how dangerous is it? Thanks in advance

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29 Dec 13 Prakash (Australia - temperate climate)

The most apparent reason appears to be snails. My spinach had similar symptoms until I eliminated snails hiding in the growth. However, my kale was mostly damaged by caterpillars. I used Yates SUCCESS and it worked particularly when the Cabbage White Butterfly is active laying eggs. The larvae tend to eat up leaves just too quick, snails aren't that fast.

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