To: KATHLEEN WEBER
Subject: Birds in the garden...
KW>If those grey things that curl up when you touch them look like
KW>they are armored then they are sow bugs.
Cutworms are bigger than sowbugs, Kathy. And soft. :-)
KW>Your collar idea sounds good but maybe a section cut out of a
KW>plastic milk bottle might be better since it won't dissolve if it
KW>gets wet from rain or watering.
I don't like too much unnecessary plastic in the garden, and the paper
collars protect the stems until they thicken and toughen up enough to
no longer land in the gourmet cutworm's menu.
...Sandra...
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