That would've been an idea - if it weren't too late. When you grow trap plants, how far do you keep them from your preferred plant, to keep those safe?
They're gone. Burned. I planted the dill for myself. Wouldn't have removed the caterpillars, had I known. How sad. But the aphids - I was just so grossed out. Checked my much smaller dill plants in my greenstalks on the other side of the deck. Saw neither caterpillars nor aphids. Will keep...
OMG! I can't tell you how grossed out I am, right now! And glad I saw them! And glad YOU saw them! I used my phone camera, magnified. What the hell kind of bugs are these??
I just pulled several, plump caterpillars off my dill plant and dropped them in soapy water. Then I noticed skillions of tiny... "dots" all over the plant - top to bottom.
THEN I looked up dill pests and discovered that I likely killed swallowtail larva. 😕 Are these tiny dots eggs? Or might they...
Nice set up! And yes, it's looking good!
I need to get my compost turned. I'm SO bad about it. But I noticed a squash of some sort, growing in my emptied compost ring - and I kind of want to leave it grow and see what it is. It's the healthiest plant on my property!
This is a mesh cover made for trees and bushes - but works for the GreenStalk.com vertical garden system
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One with strawberries (I over-watered and lost several plants - but am rooting a couple runners, so will eventually replace them), one with yellow wax beans, one with pickling cucumbers, one with salad greens, one with onions, one with carrots and one with a mixture of baby carrots, kale, celery.
You know - I should have known better! This is my 2nd year growing cabbage (in a raised garden), and they were covered, the day I put them in. The kale are in my greenstalk, up on my deck (I have 7 of them, now!) I know Kale is a brassica! I should've covered them on day one.
BTW, Sue ~ I'm...