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who's eating my dill?
Our dill is getting eaten, cut off about 6" above the ground. The
beans, tomatoes, beets, and lettuce are (so far) untouched. I think there's a woodchuck around, though I haven't seen one lately, and I haven't found a hole under the fence. Could it be deer? TIA, George |
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who's eating my dill?
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George wrote: Our dill is getting eaten, cut off about 6" above the ground. The beans, tomatoes, beets, and lettuce are (so far) untouched. I think there's a woodchuck around, though I haven't seen one lately, and I haven't found a hole under the fence. Could it be deer? TIA, George My guess would be baby swallowtail butterflies. :-) They do a number on dill and parsley which is why when I do plant it, I plant extra, and I plant Anise for them as well so I can relocate the little buggers to it when I find them. I have no use for Anise.... but I do love swallowtail butterflies so I don't kill them. G Plant more. And plant parsley. Check for caterpillars at dawn and dusk. -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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who's eating my dill?
OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote: "My guess would be baby swallowtail butterflies. :-)" http://www.earthfuture.com/gardenpat...il%20larva.jpg I, too have seen the larva on my dill and parsley. Easy to control by hand-picking. |
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who's eating my dill?
Those larvae are so beautiful, I would never pick them off! If you tap them
gently on the head, their orange sense organ will shoot out like a tongue--it's fun to tell children you've trained them to do this. wrote in message ups.com... OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote: "My guess would be baby swallowtail butterflies. :-)" http://www.earthfuture.com/gardenpat...il%20larva.jpg I, too have seen the larva on my dill and parsley. Easy to control by hand-picking. |
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who's eating my dill?
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"tuckermo" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote: "My guess would be baby swallowtail butterflies. :-)" http://www.earthfuture.com/gardenpat...il%20larva.jpg I, too have seen the larva on my dill and parsley. Easy to control by hand-picking. Those larvae are so beautiful, I would never pick them off! If you tap them gently on the head, their orange sense organ will shoot out like a tongue--it's fun to tell children you've trained them to do this. I did pick them off of my dill as I did not have that much... but I did it gently and moved them to the parsley (since I had plenty and did not have much use for it) and the fennel on the end of the herb garden as I have _no_ use for fennel. G The fennel was planted entirely for the baby swallowtails. It seems to last them longer. -- Peace! Om "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson |
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who's eating my dill?
"tuckermo" expounded:
Those larvae are so beautiful, I would never pick them off! I love them, too, and never remove them. If you tap them gently on the head, their orange sense organ will shoot out like a tongue--it's fun to tell children you've trained them to do this. I didn't know this! Thanx! -- Ann e-mail address is not checked |
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