28-06-2003, 11:32 AM
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Cutworms
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(Joanne) wrote:
"FDR" wrote in message
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Unfortunately, I am leaving on vacation for a week starting tomorrow.
On top of that, i live in zone 5a (Syracuse NY) so the remaining growing
season is 2-3 months at best.
Good God -- stop whining! Our *best* growing season is 100 days
total!
Unfortunately you won't see this (vacation and all) but here is my 2
cents.
When planting my seedlings I place them inside 1/2 of the cardboard
centre of a toilette paper roll which is immersed about 1 inch into
the soi;. It creates a barrier. Does this make sense? Got this idea
from Martha Stewart several years ago and think what you will, it
seems to work.
jcm
Toronto, Ontario
Canadian zone 5b, don't know my U.S. zone equivilant.
Thanks to global warming it's bloody hot here!
Another cheap way to make a collar for cutworms is to save the short
sawed-off ends when you're doing plumbing projects. Save the ABS/PVC
or whatever, plastic pipe cutoffs. Or go to the hardware store and buy
10' of 3" or 4" ABS pipe, cut it up and you have collars for the rest of
your life. You can thread them onto a string and hang them up in your
tool shed in the winter.
Man, Martha needs to hire me for a consultant, I swear. I'll even help her
make the curtains for her jail cell. (What's up with that, anyway? Everyone
does insider trading. She just got caught, because she's famous and a girl.)
Jan
Homer, AK
USDA Zone 3
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