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yf4life
Farmgirl in Training

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Maree
Nine Mile Falls WA
USA
14 Posts

Posted - May 21 2006 :  8:04:59 PM  Show Profile
Does anyone know a good way to get rid of cutworms? They sheared off all of my marigolds last year only in one area though.

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Mari-dahlia
True Blue Farmgirl

269 Posts

Marianne
Hoosick Falls New York
USA
269 Posts

Posted - May 22 2006 :  04:36:31 AM  Show Profile
nemotodes, I order them on line. They are fairly expensive. There are 2 kinds one being milky spore which is specifically for japanese beetle grubs. I buy the other one that kills just about everything else. It is a slow process. You put them on in the spring and water them in and they take over but you must follow the directions very closely or they die. I ordered from Arbico organics, online.They come in about 2 days.
I had tried many other things and other than using diazinon which is toxic to everything and will also kill your earth worms, I have'nt found anything else that works.
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CityCat
True Blue Farmgirl

198 Posts

Catherine
Toronto Ontario
Canada
198 Posts

Posted - May 22 2006 :  2:10:11 PM  Show Profile
Check out these links. They may prove useful in combatting cutworms. -Cat

http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/epb/factsheets/bkyard_bug/cutworm.html

http://www.laters.com/insects/cutworms.htm
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