In article , Larry Blanchard wrote:
In article ,
says...

How big do the plants have to get before I don't have to
worry about cutworms ?

I cut the bottoms out of large coffee cans and put around the
plant, pushing about 1/3 into the soil. Works like a charm and
watering is easy - just fill the can.

Any sort of plastic jug or jar works well too. Here it's not cutworms
that slice stuff off at the roots, it's mice and kangaroo rats (which
get thru the rabbit fence).

~REZ~