Re: Cut worm bait

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• Subject: Re: Cut worm bait
• From: T* <t*@concentric.net>
• Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 13:59:38 -0400
• In-Reply-To: <003e01beaeb0$e031f4c0$4095ddcc@jbm>

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Hello,

I can't visualize what you do with the toothpicks. Do you stick them
straight up vertically or do you lay them against the plant in a horizontal
position? I don't have any problems now, but I'd like to keep this for
reference in the future. 

Thanks much
Theresa

At 12:37 PM 6/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>>Sharon:
>
><snip>
>>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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