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RE: Cut worm bait

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Thanks Barbara, I guess this year I am conducting a cut worm experiement...I
have some plants wrapped in newspaper, some with styrofoam cups, some with
toothpicks and some with popsicle sticks....today I am going to sprinkle a
few egg shells around some seedlings as I was told by a neighbour that
helps.....by the way my cutworms like brocolli.....Sharon in Ontario
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara and Denny Thorp [p*@galstar.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 10:44 PM
> To: sqft@listbot.com; Theresa
> Subject: Re: Cut worm bait
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theresa <tmdavis@concentric.net>
> To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
> Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 1:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Cut worm bait
>
> Hi:
>
> I just inster two or three toothpick around the base of the plant
> vertically.  Worked wonderfully until this year.  I will be back
> to wrapping
> the stem of the plant after this.  That would keep them from climbing the
> entire stem.
>
> I read in OG magazine to save all those pesky inserts that come
> in magazines
> (the ones to get you to subscribe, etc.) and use them.  They work
> great and
> at least we are recycling them.
>
> The toothpick simply keep them from wrapping themselves around
> the stem and
> cutting it off at the soil line.  That is all I ever thought they
> did until
> this year.  Boy, my cabbage and cauliflower know better.  They
> don't seem to
> like the taste of broccoli much though thank heavens!
>
> Found the first squash bugs yesterday! ICH!  Now the search for the eggs
> begin in earnest.
>
> Barbara in OK zone 6b/7 ?
>
>
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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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