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Using Gallon Milk Jugs and Preventing Cutworms

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Date: 01/26/2006 Topic: Gardening > Pest Control  
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My husband is an avid gardener, and has come up with a great use for those empty plastic gallon milk jugs. Cut the milk jug in half underneath the handle, and when you plant your new tomato plants, (or any other vegetable plants), place the stem end through the spout opening in the milk jug and plant the opening in the ground. The milk spout not only functions as a feeder by directing the flow of water to the roots of the plant, but it will also keep the cutworms off your plants, as they will not want to travel up the plastic. Now you can use the bottom half of the milk jug by making some cuts in the bottom of the jug, filling the container with new potting soil, and start your seedlings out the right way, allowing proper drainage.

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I need to see a picture of what you rdescribing could you please post one?

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