Broccoli being eaten alive!

[Vegetable28]

Hey, I'm new here and looking for some help. We planted Broccoli and its almost ready to flower but its being eaten alive by something. Someone told me to spray it with soap and water so I used antibacterial soap with water and sprayed all of them down. I took some photos of this mess, take a look. Anyone know how to take care of this?

[malcolmx]

this either slug or caterpillar damage
if you are not organic use slug pellets and water with a green foliage feed i think this is sulfate of ammonia and you can get a tub from homebase
if you are organic get some coffee grounds from cafe nero and spread round the base
caterpillars are either there or gone (as butterflies) if they are there pick off and destroy also look for eggs next time or you still can cover with fleece for insect protection

the plants will recover but the leaves are wasted

[Cabbagelover]

If you are growing in containers take a good look around the containers because slugs and snails will hid out during the day coming out at night to feed on your broccoli. Slugs love a beer trap and I've been told that they like hollowed out half oranges placed upside down on the ground and the next morning the slugs are hiding underneath the orange.

[paul]

Hi Veg,

My leaves went like that on a few of my plants, particularly my radish and suede. It looks a bit disheartning, but the actual suede and radish itself is perfectly healthy underneath all the holey leaves. Its only a problem i think if you only intend to eat the leaves i.e cabbage, lettice.

[alanroy]

Yes, I had that, and looking at the underside of the leaves they were full of different varieties of eggs