[CH] The Horror!
Greg Jensen (gjensen@amrion.com)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 08:27:57 -0600
Fellow CHs,
Thought I'd share with you a bitter-sweet little tale that began last
evening when I arrived home from work. I've got a Thai and a Super-Thai
plant that receive some "extra" attention in that they have their own
special container on my porch and don't have to hang out in the garden
with the other plants.They are coming along quite nicely and the
super-thai had 10 or so pods on it at varying stages of development. As
I gave them their nightly "looking over" I noticed that one of the pods
had fallen and several others had holes in them. The Harra!!!!! (Don
King impression of horror). Then I noticed the culprit who had now
migrated to the normal Thai plant. After flipping through my Time-Life
guide to garden pests I narrowed the culprit down to either an Army worm
or a Cut worm (probably the latter). I squashed the culprit but knew
there would be others so I had to act quickly. After a nice little
sprinkling of Sevin Dust (please spare any chastizing for my use of a
chemical, my time and options were limited) I enjoyed watching a couple
of his comrades, after emerging from the shelter and comfort of the
ground below, wiggling around in anguish as the night progressed.
Peppers saved and worm-problem solved .......... for now!
Greg