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Cabbage White Caterpillars
............ are having a great feed on my sprout plants.
Any recommendations for getting rid of them please? |
Cabbage White Caterpillars
grant wrote:
Any recommendations for getting rid of them please? Don't know brand names across the pond, but BT, Bacillus Thuregensis, works well. Germ warfare for cabbage worms. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
Out of Season
"Tim Perry" wrote in message ... Can anyone offer suggestions how the out of season blooming of plants is induced. When you see horticultural exhibitions it is pretty clear that those exhibitors have ways to manipulate the timing to ensure that their plants are at optimum for the show. So, what do they do ?, is it temperature, light, chemical or what ?. I hasten to add that I have no intention of participating in a show, just very curious by nature. No doubt there are various tricks specific to a given type of plant, but there must be other methods of a more general nature. I know that there are times when every gardener sees something coming into bloom that should not, but how does that relate to deliberate manipulation, can we learn anything from what seems to happen spontaneously, or can the methods used by exhibitors help explain those odd exceptions to routine. Tim. -- Tim Perry Length of daylight is a well used method of holding back Dahlia's theres a detailed explanation at http://www.gpnmag.com/articles/ACF7A6D.pdf Derek |
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One caveat, don't eat the plants untill a week has passed, by that time your 'organic' spray will have broken down and lost any nasty stuff. Tim. |
Cabbage White Caterpillars
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:34:22 -0400, Gary Woods
wrote: grant wrote: Any recommendations for getting rid of them please? Don't know brand names across the pond, but BT, Bacillus Thuregensis, works well. Germ warfare for cabbage worms. Thanks Gary - certainly looks the business. I have searched via Google and cannot actually find any in the UK - although there are plenty of references to it being used world-wide - how good, how safe it is Anyone in the UK used it - knows of a name |
Cabbage White Caterpillars
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from grant contains these words: ............ are having a great feed on my sprout plants. Any recommendations for getting rid of them please? Spray them with water you've boiled rhubarb leaves in - but don't tell the EU Police... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
Out of Season
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says... Can anyone offer suggestions how the out of season blooming of plants is induced. When you see horticultural exhibitions it is pretty clear that those exhibitors have ways to manipulate the timing to ensure that their plants are at optimum for the show. So, what do they do ?, is it temperature, light, chemical or what ?. I hasten to add that I have no intention of participating in a show, just very curious by nature. No doubt there are various tricks specific to a given type of plant, but there must be other methods of a more general nature. I know that there are times when every gardener sees something coming into bloom that should not, but how does that relate to deliberate manipulation, can we learn anything from what seems to happen spontaneously, or can the methods used by exhibitors help explain those odd exceptions to routine. Tim. It can be as simple as cutting back a set number of days before a show. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
Out of Season
On 15 Oct, 12:28, Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article , says... Can anyone offer suggestions how the out of season blooming of plants is induced. When you see horticultural exhibitions it is pretty clear that those exhibitors have ways to manipulate the timing to ensure that their plants are at optimum for the show. So, what do they do ?, is it temperature, light, chemical or what ?. I hasten to add that I have no intention of participating in a show, just very curious by nature. No doubt there are various tricks specific to a given type of plant, but there must be other methods of a more general nature. I know that there are times when every gardener sees something coming into bloom that should not, but how does that relate to deliberate manipulation, can we learn anything from what seems to happen spontaneously, or can the methods used by exhibitors help explain those odd exceptions to routine. Tim. It can be as simple as cutting back a set number of days before a show. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - The problem of geting plants to perfection for a show is whilst you can do everything to get the flowering timing by disbudding etc you can't regulate the weather, so you will find the larger growers have cold store to hold plants back and heated greenhouse to bring them on, so they are growing several sets with the aim of geting one set to perfection. The smaller grower has to hope they get the timing of stopping right. David Hill Abacus Nurseries. |
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