Re: Aquilegia vulgaris
- Subject: Re: Aquilegia vulgaris
- From: S* M*
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:10:43 -0700
>Well then I may as well fish for some information there as well. I fended
>off whatever it was with lime. Worked like a charm, until the rain would
>wash it off and I'd forget to reapply the lime for a while. The plants
>would be fine, but then within the course of less than 3 days they would be
>stripped to the stems. It seemed like the work of a vigorous herbivore,
>caterpillar or grasshopper sounds about right. I never managed to see the
>pest though.
If you catch the plants half eaten, look for them on the edges of the chew marks. Their colouring is almost identical to the leave colour, so they are hard to see. They are usually on the underside and running a finger along the chewed edge will dislodge them. I have problems with them every year, and they can skeletonize the plant overnight!
Sue
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