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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:33:41 -0500
On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Richard Robinson wrote:
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/
Mice?
(just a wild guess, based on the fact that I know they get into my basement. But then, as my mother once said, I don't have a basement; I have a cellar.)
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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[Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Richard Robinson, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?, Wiediger, Alison, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?, Road's End Farm, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?, Don Lareau, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Robin Follette, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Marcy, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Road's End Farm, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Marcy, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
David Inglis, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
prmsdlndfrm, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?, Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
prmsdlndfrm, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?, prmsdlndfrm, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
David Inglis, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Marcy, 01/28/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Road's End Farm, 01/28/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?, Richard Robinson, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] What's eating my seedlings?,
Marcy, 01/28/2010
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