Cutworms!

[Catherine]

I am having terrible war with cutworms, Had visual conformation of the rotters.  tried corn meal, now putting collars on all of my starts any ideas that have worked for anybody in the past? 

[Stephanie Lucas]

Hi Catherine,

 

Inspect your plants frequently.  Handpick the ‘worms’ (actually a caterpillar or larva of a moth).  I deposit them in a weedy patch where they can eat all they want.   Look for them particularly at the base of the plants in the litter/soil.  Collars should help too.

 

Good luck!

Stephanie

 

From: Catherine

Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:42 PM

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Subject: [VEG] Cutworms!

 

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[Catherine]

Thanks Stephanie, what do you make your collars out of?
Cat

[Stephanie Lucas]

I use empty yogurt or margarine (vegan of course) containers with the bottoms cut out.

 

From: Catherine

Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 1:07 PM

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Subject: [VEG] Re: Cutworms!

 

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[Ji...@nwveg.org]

What a good idea!  If people have old 4" plastic plant pots, cutting the bottom out of those would work well too.  I find cutworms when I'm prepping soil sometimes, but I haven't noticed significant damage from them - I have enough other pest issues though.

 

Jill

 

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From: nwveg-vegan...@googlegroups.com [mailto:nwveg-vegan...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephanie Lucas
Subject: Re: [VEG] Re: Cutworms!

 

I use empty yogurt or margarine (vegan of course) containers with the bottoms cut out.

 

 

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[Catherine Montague]

Thanks all, Because my garden was looking like a recycle center( using all containers for cutworm collars definitely not esthtically pleading) I went to Costco and bought huge supply of drinking cups of all one color and size. Red! Now garden looks like Christmas! Hope this works. I did buy bacillus thurin because i read that organic gardeners use this stuff but i am taking that back because of all the warnings on label. Anybody else use it for cutworms?