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Thread #126160   Message #2911029
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
21-May-10 - 12:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Gardening 2010
Subject: RE: BS: Gardening 2010
Bobert, snow just lies there, it doesn't suck . . .



okay, minds out of the gutter

I took the spray bottle with a mix of fertilizer and some BT and sprayed the plants that are most likely to be bothered by hornworms, caterpillars, and other worm creatures. I've picked a big honker hornworm up out of the garden already and today pulled a couple of brightly colored caterpillars out of the parsley, and a fuzzy one out of the strawberries. Last week on the Dirt Doctor's radio program he mentioned something I haven't been aware of--the BT breaks down quickly in sunlight, so it is best to put it out in the evening hours or at night. Gives it more time to be there when the critters are chomping.

Geez. This whole post could be X rated if you weren't all just good gardeners out there tilling and sowing seeds . . .