What’s eating my plants

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chuckb74
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What’s eating my plants

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Post: # 121580Unread post chuckb74
Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:24 pm

This particular container keeps eating my plants. What is doing this, any ideas? I am in the North Gulf Coast area of Florida. Thanks for any assistance.
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Post: # 121581Unread post MissS
Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:26 pm

@chuckb74 It looks like you have a cutworm in there. Either toss the soil or put a collar around the stem of your plant.
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Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:21 am

MissS wrote: Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:26 pm It looks like you have a cutworm in there. Either toss the soil or put a collar around the stem of your plant.
I remember one year I had cut worms really bad in a new area I was growing in. I lost so many plants before I knew what was doing it. I dug up the ground around the cut off plants and there they were... I ended up buying drinking straws and cutting them into 4 to 5 inch pieces, then cutting them down one side and then putting them around the bottom of my plants. This worked perfectly.
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Post: # 121617Unread post chuckb74
Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:22 am

Thanks for the replies. I am definitely emptying this container today.

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