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Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>)

From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>)
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:47:58 -0400

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:00:46 -0500, you wrote:

>"My beans are being mowed off as they sprout and I have
>these stems sticking out of the ground, silent sentinnels to some creature's
>eating habits. I thought it was corn root maggots so covered a second new
>planting, but the same thing happended. Does anyone have any idea what it
>could be? And, more importantly, what the "fix" is?"
>
>Elaine it sounds like cutworms to me...They burrow around the base of the
>plants duering the day and feed at night. Dig around to see if you find
>them. Sprinkle the base of the plants with agricultural (not swimming pool)
>diatomeceous earth, egg shells or wood ashes.
>

Since she has the stems still sticking up, I don't think
it's cutworms. But I have had slugs/snails do this...

Pat
-- northern Pennsylvania

[Market-farming] Bean mowers :>), Adriana, 07/09/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>), Pat Meadows, 07/09/2005
  - Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>), Allan Balliett, 07/09/2005
  - Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>), Tradingpost, 07/09/2005
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>), tonitime, 07/10/2005
  - Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>), Elaine Granata, 07/11/2005
    - Re: [Market-farming] Bean mowers :>), marcy, 07/12/2005