Re: Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
Thanks Cyndi! I didn't know that.
Mom always had a patch out back, but somehow I forgot to take some with when we sold the house.
Donna
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From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: "gardenchat@hort.net" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:19:24 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
You want seeds, dill doesn't do well after transplanting. At least not in my
experience. I have done both and the transplants never get more than a few
inches high.
Cyndi
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 3:12 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
who is growing dill? The old fashion normal not fancy kind? I am looking
for some seeds/starts!
Donna
----- Original Message ----
From: Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:04:55 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
I do have parsely - right next to the fennel. I hear they like dill as
well.
Bonnie Holmes <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
Wow...I think they also live on parsley if you can also get some of that
going.
> [Original Message]
> From: Jesse Rene Bell
> To:
> Date: 7/24/2006 11:04:43 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
>
> Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
> O.K. ya'll, this is the THIRD year I have tried to grow my bronze
> fennel big enough to host the black swallowtail caterpillars. Last
> year the goofy peacocks ate my plants, the year before that we had too
> much rain and they rotted. BUT LOOK!!!! last night I went out and
> counted them -
> 58 caterpillars were on my plants!!! I went NUTS. I had to drag the
> whole family outside to look at them. The last words out of my mouth
> before I drifted off to sleep were, "58 of them, I counted...." My
> husband laughed because I was so excited.
>
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/silverhawk@flash.net/album?.dir=/7512re2&.src=
ph&.tok=ph9h4OFBrNmx9WCo
>
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