[Homestead] Cutworms

Clansgian at wmconnect.com Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Sun May 4 21:02:50 EDT 2008


I lost two cabbage plants to cutworms last night.  Didn't actually "lose" 
them, the worms cut off the leaves but left the bud so I dug them up and put them 
in pots to see if they will come back out but replace them with others in the 
bed.

I don't do well with collars.  But tomorrow I break out my secret weapon 
against cutworms, and since I like you all, I will share it.

Dampen some oat bran with a solution of BT and scatter it around the brassica 
plants, just a little is enough.  The thrice cursed worms eat that in 
preference to biting the stems of the plants and it kills them deader than 4 o'clock.

James   </HTML>


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