Re: tent caterpillers
- Subject: Re: tent caterpillers
- From: "Merri Morgan" m*@wcgnet.net
- Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:28:58 -0400
This sounds like it may be the solution. The whole upper part of the tree
is defoliated now. Thanks for the suggestion.
Merri Morgan
Zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Green" <flowers@simplegiftsfarm.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: tent caterpillers
>
> >e. As
> >for now, the entire upper part of the tree, where I can't reach, is full
of
> >webs and larvae.
> >Merri Morgan
>
>
> I use a home sized propane cylinder (one of the small home torches) taped
> to the end of a stick (its a hockey stick I note being a Canadian)
> :-) This lets me reach almost to the top of small trees to burn the nests
> (do it early in the morning or later in the day when all the caterpillars
> are in the nest) Eradicates the little monsters without the need of
sprays
> (sprays are effective when the caterpillars are in the nest anyway). You
> can also open the nests with a stick if you let the nests get too big -
> there are a few birds (orioles etc) that will eat them if they're hungry.
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Green
> Author of the award winning "Gardening Wisdom"
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>
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