DD> Cut the two end off of a 2 litre pop bottle.  (I don't know what the 
DD> eqivalent would be to this size in the US, but the bottle is about 12 
DD> inches high.)  You now have a cylinder which you dig into the ground, 
DD> leaving about one inch above the ground level.  Put soil in it and 
DD> plant your seedling.  I think that cutworms will be near the surface 
DD> asthey cut the seedlings at that level and then they live off of it.  
DD> Cutworms are similar in appearance to a grub except that they don't 
DD> have little legs like an insect (which a grub has).  They are about 
DD> aninch long and grayish in colour. 
From what I've heard, another way of foiling those nasty little beasties is 
similar, but a little cheaper...
   
Make a paper collar out of cardboard, or cut the bottom out of a paper cup. 
Make sure the collar goes at least one inch into the ground and is one inch 
high around the base of the plant. My information says that lettuces and 
other vegetables are especially vulnerable, but anything that grows a woody 
stem shouldn't be...then again, we all know how contrary bugs can be. :(
   
Cassie
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