Howdy, neighbor Mike. Have horrible infestation of cutworms - taking lettuce, spinach, peas so far - right at the ground level. DID NOT know they could do this. Last year protected all my transplants with popsicle sticks and also never lost a lettuce sprouted in the garden. Tilling my corn patch couple weeks ago found MANY of all sizes, but sure I didn't get them all. STILL haven't planted nightshades, etc (so dry and windy + frost warning tonite!), but will protect them with sticks.
What did you do last year/this Spring? Do you think it's too late to try BTK? What a sucky Spring for me ... we got not a drop from Cristobal! OR any other recent potential rain events. We can see it coming on the radar, but the lake causes them to fizzle out. Was hoping and waiting for "sure" things - may have lost a couple fruit
trees. Checking them today while watering for 3-hrs total of all garden/orchard.
Sorry for venting .. purpose here is to learn about cutworm control from anybody. TYVM
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