Checked my red cabbage today. It has ton's of white little things on the leaves. What is that?

Question

On a pile of a few cabbages, I found a hill that had these little white looking like worms. What is it is it a cabbage disease? I guess if yes, than I can't eat it and should I take it out?

Answer 1

Hi,

Do you have a picture of them? Hard to tell without seeing them.

Aphids are a fairly common pest: http://taropest.sci.qut.edu.au/LucidKey/TaroPest/Media/Html/Arthropods/Aphids/AphidsAC4.jpg

Here is a page that lists common pests of Cole crops: http://everest.ento.vt.edu/~idlab/vegpests/veghosts/cabbage.pests.html

If the infestation is limited to a few plants, the easiest solution would be to just carefully pick and throw away those plants in hopes that they won't spread.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Yes it's probably worms or little bugs. bring a sample to your local nursery or home hardware type store and ask for assistance. eventually you should find someone that knows about it that can sell you a spray to get rid of them.