Re: CULT: Borers - was (Sib Rob) CUTWORMS
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Borers - was (Sib Rob) CUTWORMS
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 17:49:30 -0700 (MST)
Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan wrote:
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> John,
>
> I'm not sure about your area, but here in CA I don't think they could
> take the dry heat of our summers. But, who knows I think the moth of
> the cutworm is related to the moth of the borer and we have cutworms.
> Let's hope that we do not get them (borers). I have experienced them
> when I lived in Virginia and they were a B---H.
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Cathey's Valley, CA...Mariposa County
> Zone 8
Are we talking about the same cutworms that destroy tomato plants. A
friend who is a great vegetable gardener puts collars around her plants.
Would that work here as well? She also uses a ring of wood ashes to
keep the slugs away -- apparently it hurts them when they try to crawl
over it. Old wives tales or the absolute unvarnished truth?
Rima terra@catskill.net
