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From: miller@mred.DEC
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Cutworm attacks
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Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 12:22:43 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  8 12:22:43 1985
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I have a case of bullemic cutworms in my veggie garden this year.
They have already polished off the majority of my swiss chard seedlings,
most of my home grown Celosias, and are working their way into my
Astor and tomato patches.  I have tried liquid Sevin (poured directly
into the soil), dusting with Sevin, spraying the seedlings, inserting
cutworm collars, and yet they still manage to feast underground leaving
chewed stems in their paths.  HELP!!!!!!!!  (I even put down slug pellets
hoping they were dumb enough to go after them.)

Also has anyone noticed in the Massachusetts area an increase in Japanese
beetles?  Other than bag-a-bug traps any other methods of reducing them?

thanks in advance....

Cyndi