Re: CULT: katydid/cutworms

Hi Donald, et al;
 I, also, have dug the cutworms out of the soil 
during the day.  They're never far from the damaged
plant.  But in the interest of efficiency, I apply the
only non-organic control that I will use in my garden.
 The brand I use is Green Light Bug & Snail Bait
manufactured in San Antonio and sold regionally at
least.  Don't know how far they distribute.  It
contains 5% Carbaryl and 1% Metaldehyde in a meal form
and requires only the *lightest* dusting around the
plants.  It is a wonder for snails, slugs, pillbugs
and cutworms which are my biggest problem.  It works
moderately on grasshoppers and is supposed to kill
earwigs.
Since it takes only the lightest sprinkling to do good
work, I sprinkle the tiniest amt. in the center of the
clumps so the cats are not likely to walk in it.  I 
put it on in the evening and I find dozens of dead
snails in the morning.  I only use this infrequently,
when I see damage and when the stalks are forming
before show time!
If you can find something with a similar formulation,
it should do the trick.  If you don't have a problem
with snails and slugs, the Carbaryl is probably what
you need.

Carol, In sunny, 80 degree central TX where it was in
the low teens last week!!  These late freezes are one
of our greatest gardening problems. 
Donald Eaves <donald@eastland.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> >That was sure a hungry katydid.  Are you sure it
> didn't have feathers?
> >Francelle Edwards
> 
> A big, green and very fat katydid.  Not only did it
> reduce the five shelled
> seeds to mere crumbs, it had started on another pod
> I'd gathered and wanted
> to let dry a bit more before shelling out the seeds
> and had eaten through
> until a row of about 5 seeds were exposed, but
> fortunately kept the meal
> confined to the pod shell and left the exposed seeds
> alone.  It died for his
> efforts and I won't make the mistake of leaving
> freshly shelled seeds
> sitting out again.
> 
> Speaking of chewing critters, does anyone know of an
> effective means of
> killing cutworms.   Two trips out last night and I
> gathered about a dozen
> off those recovering iris plants.  Diazinon?  They
> were a plague in the
> latter half of bloom season last year and they are
> starting really early
> this year.  I think those freeze damaged plants
> could use a break.
> 
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7b, USA
> 
> 
> 


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