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alan.holmes 15-09-2009 07:40 PM

Bloody catapilers
 

Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some sort
perhaps?

Alan



Pete C[_2_] 15-09-2009 09:33 PM

Bloody catapilers
 


alan.holmes wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
sort perhaps?

Alan

Finger....thumb....squeeze... ;)
--
Pete C
London UK



moghouse 15-09-2009 11:13 PM

Bloody catapilers
 
On Sep 15, 9:33*pm, "Pete C" wrote:
alan.holmes wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
sort perhaps?


Alan


Finger....thumb....squeeze... ;)


.....spread on Jacobs Cream Crackers with a little mustard pickle -
very nutritious!

David in Normandy[_8_] 15-09-2009 11:17 PM

Bloody catapilers
 
moghouse wrote:
On Sep 15, 9:33 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
alan.holmes wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
sort perhaps?
Alan

Finger....thumb....squeeze... ;)


....spread on Jacobs Cream Crackers with a little mustard pickle -
very nutritious!


Not so good on a lettuce sandwich though or they may eat it first!

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

No Name 16-09-2009 09:41 AM

Bloody catapilers
 
"David in Normandy" wrote in message
...
moghouse wrote:
On Sep 15, 9:33 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
alan.holmes wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
sort perhaps?
Alan
Finger....thumb....squeeze... ;)


....spread on Jacobs Cream Crackers with a little mustard pickle -
very nutritious!


Not so good on a lettuce sandwich though or they may eat it first!

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.



my cabbage patch is known as the butterfly antenatal unit now!
I gave up trying to get rid, happy with the thought of all them pretty
butterflies.
Bloody hippies...


solaara 16-09-2009 07:57 PM

give up trying to get rid of them and live in harmony with nature.. just pick them off the things you want to keep....solaara

Mark McIntyre 16-09-2009 11:23 PM

Bloody catapilers
 
alan.holmes wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some sort
perhaps?


Liquid soap - ie washing-up liquid.

Spray/ water the plants with the washing up or bathwater.

Charlie Pridham[_2_] 17-09-2009 10:33 AM

aeoniums
 
In article ,
says...

are there any aeoniums that are frost hardy?




--
solaara

No is the short answer!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Sacha[_4_] 17-09-2009 11:39 AM

aeoniums
 
On 2009-09-17 10:33:04 +0100, Charlie Pridham
said:

In article ,
says...

are there any aeoniums that are frost hardy?




--
solaara

No is the short answer!


Even Tresco lost a very few last winter.
--
--
Sacha



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