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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:29:16 -0600

Mice?

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Robinson
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:19 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?

I wanted to test my garden compost against commercial potting soil, so I
started a tray of each, making soil blocks and sprouting basil in my
basement seed room. They sprouted fine, and had just begun to develop
their first true leaves, when, over the course of several days, almost
every one was clipped off. I explored in the trays, and found one
earthworm (unlikely) and one sow bug (more likely) hiding between the
blocks. I dispatched the sow bug. This morning, more damage, and no sign
of another sow bug. Of course I may have missed it, but is there
anything else that might be doing this? And will diatomaceous earth help
prevent this next time?

--
Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/

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