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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3319 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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 Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 6:23:46 PM
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Okay...now I'm mad. 
After tenderly watering and feeding and weeding my basil plants, something is munching away on the leaves...I hate using pesticides====never have so I wouldn't know what to use. I think it must be a bug, but I can't see anything. Birds?? I don't have a clue...Any suggestions out there? 
I love pesto and had planned on making my own to devour over the cold cold winter ahead, but at this rate I don't know if I am going to be able to harvest anything.
Melody
Farmgirl #525
http://melodynotes-melodynotes.blogspot.com
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 7:27:48 PM
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Might be snails. Snails are after my herbs, and in the garden. We pick them daily and put them in a can in the garage.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 7:44:08 PM
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Not sure what it could be, Melody, other than grasshoppers. My grandmother gave me a recipe that is supposed to repel most all munching critters: 1 tsp dishwashing liquid, preferably Dawn, to 1 tbs baking soda to 1 gal water. Mix well in a spray bottle and spray both the underside and topside of leaves. I hope that can help you!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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Ingrid
True Blue Farmgirl
432 Posts
Ingrid
BC
Canada
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Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 1:39:27 PM
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Put anything scratchy around the base of the plants like bark mulch, sand, that kind of stuff. I bark mulch around anything I can and this year I have no slug and snail problem.
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3319 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3319 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 2:18:00 PM
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Cherry ....I concocted your recipe and hopefully this will take care of whatever is munching on my basil...Uggh.
Snails? We don't have any up here in the UP that I have ever seen.... |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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BUGS on my BASIL????
