Getting Rid of Cutworms

RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By Cathy from Townsville, QLD (Guest Post) (07/16/2008) I plant seedlings inside a toilet roll cardboard insert, which I have cut in half across the middle. I plant the seedling inside, leaving a bit above the ground. By the time the plant it too big to be munched, the toilet roll holder has dissolved. Works a treat! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post by ThriftyFun (3747) | (07/07/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact (sent in by email) I have cutworms in my garden, and it is NO laughing/fun matter. I have to struggle every day to keep my plants alive. One thing is that using pest killers and pesticides kill some cutworms. Just spray before the blossoms and fruits come, or you will have a fruit like the queen's apple in Snow White. Best Wishes, Alyson Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post by ThriftyFun (3747) | (07/07/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact I have cutworms in my garden, and it is NO laughing/fun matter. I have to struggle every day to keep my plants alive. One thing is that using pest killers and pesticides kill some cutworms. Just spray before the blossoms and fruits come, or you will have a fruit like the queen's apple in Snow White. Best Wishes, Alyson Report Spam or Abuse Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By Brenda (Guest Post) (10/17/2007) We have cutworms right now all over our yard and I am in Michigan on Oct 17. We don't have a garden, but were told that because of the warm weather we just had a couple of weeks ago they have hatched. I have never seen so many of anything before. I have sprayed garden bug killer and it has killed a good many of them. But I think I will try the soapy water because we have a dog that goes out where I have to spray. Thanks for the tips. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By don (Guest Post) (06/03/2007) Use of ant killer which also kills many other insects which can come into contact with it....read more at Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By Candy (Guest Post) (05/07/2007) I have heard that inserting a 10-penny nail beside the plant will work just as good as the popsicle stick. If you don't have a long enough nail - cut up wire (like a coat hanger). Leave a little above ground. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By Glenn (Guest Post) (04/08/2006) I find the best way to get rid of Cutworms is to save all your egg shells throughout the winter. Leave in your freezer over winter. When planting your plants, crush the egg shells and sprinkle the crushed egg shells around the plants just below the surface. What happens? Crawling over the egg shells will cause the Cutworms to dehydrate and die. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By PA Girl (Guest Post) (08/31/2005) I saw the suggestions. The problem I and several others have had this year is cutworms taking off the blossoms of plants like zucchini and sqaush. I have used diatamacious (sp) earth, and regular bug stuff for them, and still cannot get rid of them, and neither has my neighbors. I will try the dish soap next, but I am at the end of my rope! Any more ideas are appreciated. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By Val (Guest Post) (07/07/2005) I use foam cups to keep the worms at bay. I tear out the bottom, slip the top of the cup over the plant and then put the cup and plant in the ground. You only need an inch of the cup in the dirt so adjust to fit. I have used this for 20 years and it still works! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By (Guest Post) (06/16/2005) You can also use popscicle sticks, placed next to and touching the new plants or carefully rap several layers of newspaper ( take about a 6 inch square and fold in half twice) rap gently around the plant stem, so its about 1/2 above ground and 1/2 half under ground. Keeps the cut worms from circling and cutting the plant. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By siris. (Guest Post) (06/16/2005) We use wood ashes saved from the fireplace and bonfires. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By Allenafd5 (Guest Post) (06/15/2005) When you plant the seedlings, tomatoes, etc., wrap the stem with pieces of newpapers, partly below and partly above the ground. By the time the plants have established and the cutworms are gone, the paper decomposes and has saved the plants. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By Roberta in Maine (Guest Post) (02/03/2005) Another solution for cutworms is to just insert, next to the stem of the seedlings, a wooden matchstick or a wooden toothpick. If the seedling has a wide girth, than 2 toothpicks on either side work. I've used this for years and even had this hint published in a book. I always carry a toothpick container out to the garden in the spring. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post by valleyrimgirl (431) | (02/02/2005) Contact Cutworms are 1" to 2" long grey caterpillars that live in the soil in the garden. They create problems for gardeners in that they eat (at night) the young plants at ground level, in May and June, usually totally chewing off the stem leaving a plant that is toppled over. We dig around the wilted plant and usually a few inches away find the cutworm, all big and fat (squishing it is the next thing to do for the gardener). The cutworm life cycle...a grey/whitish night flying moth later in summer. Some years we have problems, some years we don't really see many. But I would rather, here in Manitoba, Canada have cutworms than a lot of the bugs that exist down south....poisonous spiders, poisonous snakes and termites. Our COLD winters would kill most of those pests. The cutworm just hibernates and emerges in the spring to help himself again to my garden. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Getting Rid of Cutworms Post By guest (Guest Post) (02/02/2005) Please tell me, what are cutworms? Report Spam or Abuse Getting Rid of Cutworms Post by ThriftyFun (3747) | (02/01/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact If you have a problem with cutworms in your garden, spray the dirt, around the plants with a mixture of 3 Tbsp. Dawn dish soap to 1 gallon of water. The soap solution gets into the cutworms system, and kills them immediately. It works great! By Eleanor Report Spam or Abuse