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Re: Cut worm bait

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-----Original Message-----
From: D & S Spry <dspry@ican.net>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 6:08 AM
Subject: RE: Cut worm bait

Sharon:  This is the first year in 8 that we have had such a problem and I
believe it was because of a mild winter and I kept a heavy mulch on the
garden and tried "no till" which I love but obviously doesn't destroy many
bugs.

I usually put the chicken tractor in the garden and move it all around so
they can dig (before I plant of course) but this year my husband broke his
leg, etc., etc.  absolutely no time for anything  other than just planting
and work!

Please do let us know how your experiment goes.  One of the reasons I like
the toothpick is it just disappears and I don't have to pick up anything
like foil, etc.   Same with the magazine paper or newspaper so that is a big
plus for me.

Thanks

Barbara




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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:
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>> >>>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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