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Having trouble with grasshoppers eating mint leaves. Help


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If you don't like the way their breath smells then don't kiss them.

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Turkey's and Guinea Fowl are permaculture solutions. Traps made with yellow
sticky paper are supposed to work also. But I can't verify. Can verify
Guinea Fowl make short work of grasshoppers.

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Having trouble with grasshoppers eating mint leaves. Help


Turkey's and Guinea Fowl are permaculture solutions. Traps made with yellow
sticky paper are supposed to work also. But I can't verify. Can verify
Guinea Fowl make short work of grasshoppers.

Cheers

Richard


Bantam chooks are also grasshopper eaters, and they like the minted ones.
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Having trouble with grasshoppers eating mint leaves. Help


Cover it with old sheer curtain material bought from a charity shop. The
only way to deal with grasshoppers is to exclude them completley and to keep
the mint covered till the grasshoppers disappear.


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