Pupation occurs in the top 5 to 20 cm (2 to 8 inches) of soil. The adult cabbage maggot is a fly. It emerges in the spring from over-wintering puparia (cocoons) in the soil. A second generation may ...

Multiple cabbage maggot larvae feeding on the roots of cauliflower. Cabbage fed on by cabbage maggots becomes stunted and discolored and eventually wither and die. Root maggots have several ...

Why You Should Consider Companion Planting for Broccoli . Growing broccoli from seeds or seedlings takes less than two months ...

Figure 2. Seedcorn maggots on soybean cotyledons The seedcorn maggot has a wide host range. The related cabbage maggot Deltia radicum L. is limited to cruciferous crops. In addition to feeding on ...

Do not add excess manure to the soil, as this makes it especially attractive for the adult cabbage maggot flies to lay their ...

and cabbage maggot flies may feast on the leaves, weakening the plant as it grows. Growing broccoli companion plants can provide natural pest control by staving off unwanted critters and insects.