What's eating plants in my cold frame
 

Something ( small) is eating the tops out of the plants in my cold frame.
Has to be something pretty small since the frame is closed up most of the
time and only open during the day.


Ron H.

What's eating plants in my cold frame
 

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:33:23 -0500, Ron H wrote:
Something ( small) is eating the tops out of the plants in my cold frame.
Has to be something pretty small since the frame is closed up most of the
time and only open during the day.

Slugs? Snails? Head out at night with a flashlight and check...

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What's eating plants in my cold frame
 

Kay Lancaster wrote:
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:33:23 -0500, Ron H wrote:
Something ( small) is eating the tops out of the plants in my cold frame.
Has to be something pretty small since the frame is closed up most of the
time and only open during the day.

Slugs? Snails? Head out at night with a flashlight and check...

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Don't rule out earwigs or sow bugs either.

I've planted sunflower seeds in with young plants and the stupid pests
seem to prefer eating them over the other stuff.

What's eating plants in my cold frame
 

So what can one do about such invasions?


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Kay Lancaster wrote:
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:33:23 -0500, Ron H wrote:
Something ( small) is eating the tops out of the plants in my cold
frame.
Has to be something pretty small since the frame is closed up most of
the
time and only open during the day.

Slugs? Snails? Head out at night with a flashlight and check...

=============
Don't rule out earwigs or sow bugs either.

I've planted sunflower seeds in with young plants and the stupid pests
seem to prefer eating them over the other stuff.

What's eating plants in my cold frame
 

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:28:05 -0500, Ron H wrote:
So what can one do about such invasions?

Figuring out what you have is the first step. Then you can try
a number of solutions, dependent on what the pest is, your method of
gardening, etc.

Once you've got the pest identified, here are some starters:
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/toc.html
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7427.html
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74102.html

Kay

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