Green eggs on Kale

[Caradonna]

There are green eggs on my kale - they are in the crease of the stem of the leaves and the lower end of the leaves. It's rained and they are in a greeny soup.

If I hose the plants hard and they wash off will they continue to grow and appear as caterpillars later on the plants or should I remove the worst of the leaves with eggs on and hope the plants recover enough by winter for a crop. It's only about a third of my plants that have them.

I thought this was going to be a story about a veggie edition of Green Eggs And Ham.

Wash them off or squash them. Less damaging to the plant than removing leaves. Though if you’re thinking of removing leaves, you might as well do your bit for wildlife and let the caterpillars remove them instead. The bluetits would love you for it.

Thanks, not sure how I inform the caterpillars to only eat the leaf they are on and not all the rest too............
I have some wood chips, I might hose them gently off then chuck some woodchips on that area of soil .