He Uses Toothpicks To Save Garden Plants From Cutworms

He Uses Toothpicks To Save Garden Plants From Cutworms FARM HOME Miscellaneous I enjoyed the article in a recent issue describing how Mike Toppen of Burnips Mich uses drain tile to save garden plants from cutworms Vol 35 No 4 Here’s an even simpler idea For the last 10 years I’ve simply placed a tooth pick on each side of my plants and I haven’t lost a single plant to cutworms I purposely leave some plants “unprotected” to see if this method really works and the unprotected plants always get cut down Also those drain tile plant protectors that Mike uses will always have to be stored during the winter whereas I simply let my toothpicks turn into compost James Adkins fordsrule@btc-bci com

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