deltamiss: (Gardening Miss)
deltamiss ([personal profile] deltamiss) wrote2009-05-30 08:12 am
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Something is eating my basil, darn it! But it's not aphids because ladybugs are all over the pots. Hmmmm...maybe it is since there are lots of predators. I figure it's slugs though I haven't seen any. If the ladybugs stick around, aphids won't be a problem anyway. Maybe it's grasshoppers. Eh, everybody's got to eat.






However, nothing seems to be doing anything about the caterpillars on the dill so they had to be picked off by hand. There were SIX on my little plant doing as much damage as they could. Normally, I do not try to control the pests other than picking off those I can see, and I hated to destroy these. Butterfly or dill? I think I want my dill. Little buggers!



[identity profile] gen-here.livejournal.com 2009-05-30 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Something's eating my basil, too. I think it's these teeny-tiny moths - they were swarming yesterday evening when I was watering.

[identity profile] deltamiss.livejournal.com 2009-05-30 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea what's gotten the basil, but something does for a while every year. :/