All My Hippeastrum Seedlings Were Devoured!
J.E. Shields (Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:52:11 PDT)
Josh,
As the others say, don't discard the seedlings, but try to nurse them back
to greenery. Feed lightly and give plenty of light.
The caterpillars eating your leaves are probably larvae of cutworm or
armyworm moths. Go ahead and exterminate them! (Or the worms could be any
of dozens of other types, too.) the best pollinators will be your fingers.
Regards,
Jim S.
At 07:26 AM 9/18/2010 -0700, you wrote:
Nhu & Others
I did happen to see the caterpillars, they were black with white stripes
*or is
it white with black stripes?*, small little things! I don't want to kill
them, they're what help pollinate my plants :) ....... I guess they have
to pollinate
so they'll have a food source in the future, eh?
Josh
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