Re: Cut worm bait

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• Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:37:09 -0500

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>Sharon:

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>My mother says that you should take toothpicks, rougher the better, and put
them in a radiating pike formation around the very base of the stem. The
cutworms cannot scale the pikes to eat your plants. She used four toothpicks
per transplant.
>
>You could experiment with metal cans and these little pikes.
>
>Good luck,
>Sheryl A. McCoy


You're right, toothpicks will work great.  We've been using this method for
several years with no cutworm problems.  I've found that two toothpicks per
plant (one on either side of the stem) will do the trick - this will prevent
the cutworms from wrapping around the stem and cutting it down.

-Jim
Winnebago, MN
Zone 4b


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