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Comments (14)Hi Lori, If you have so many earwigs that youÂre seeing them in the daytime, you probably wouldnÂt believe what youÂd find if you went out in the middle of the nite and looked! IÂve heard the theory that earwigs are beneficial too, but youÂll never convince me thatÂs true! IÂve had so much damage from earwigs in my yard, that, even having seen it with my own two eyes, I can hardly believe it! In my veggie garden they were eating more of the spinach and chard than I was until I got them under control. I canÂt help you with organic methods to get rid of them, but I have found a non-organic product that worksÂtho IÂve been reapplying it all summer to finally get to the point where most of them seem to be gone for right now at least. What IÂm using is Ortho Bug-B-Gone MAX, Insect Killer for Lawns. ItÂs a granular product that can be used in a spreader for lawns, but itÂs also safe to use around ornamentals AND veggies. (You can get it for less than $10 a bag at WalMartÂred bagÂhigher at Home Depot) I just fill a little bowl and sprinkle it around with a spoon. When I first started using it I was just putting it around the plants that were damaged, and that worked for up to a week, but I soon realized that the earwigs were moving back in from untreated areas, so now I treat a whole area at the same time, and it seems to be working. They especially seem to love to live right next to wood fences or railroad tiesÂespecially if thereÂs wood mulch up against it, and against buildings where thereÂs wood mulch too. When IÂm spreading the MAX I now make sure IÂm getting some right up against anything like that. IÂve also found I can easily monitor how well controlled they are by looking under the rocks I have here and there to see how many there are. If you donÂt have any rocks, you could lay a couple short pieces (12") of lumberÂ2X4's or 1X6's or something like thatÂon top of the mulch near plants that are being eaten, and a couple days later look under them to see whatÂs there. IÂve never been aware of roly-polyÂs/sow bugs/ pill bugs doing any damage to my live plants. I think maybe they really do only eat decaying matterÂlike some people seem to think earwigs do. Concern about overwhelm-ment is not a good reason to not come to the swap! ;-) There will be other newbies here too, and half of the point of getting together is just to have a fun day with a bunch of other friendly gardeners. The propagation demo IÂm going to do is going to be very, very basic! And IÂm pretty sure the compost demo and daylily talk are going to be pretty basic too. Nobody is going to be trying to talk over peopleÂs headsÂand if they do-----just say, "What???" If you think you can make it, let me know on the swap thread and IÂll add you to the list. Good luck with the earwigs and slugs, Skybird...See MoreIs there time to plant perennials from seed in New York this season?
Comments (10)If I start some from seed would the young plants be big enough to survive winter in zone 5? ==>>> i highly doubt .... outdoors ... that they would sprout in fall ... soils cooling .. sunlights declining.. etc ... if you are asking.. can you force them indoors ... and will they harden off at a big enough size .. to go outdoors this fall ... i highly doubt it.. in z5 ... besides.. they would probably frost heave right out of the ground in mid to late winter ... i thought you meant.. could you fall sow seed ... and sure you can.. its what the plants are doing right now .. but none of those self sown seed.. will germinate in cool/cold fall soil .. an easy way to think about this.. is you need 3 basic things for germination ... usually warm soil ... a viable seed ... and sunshine, for sure after germination ... you have the seed but in fall.. in z5.. you have cold soil ... and weak sunshine as the sun is in decline ... [and keep in mind.. no matter how warm the day ... if its falling into the low 50s at night .. then that is not 24/7 warm soil .. not much germinates at that soil temp] ken...See MoreA few more favorite late season perennials
Comments (5)Hmm, well I guess it is late season for you guys up north. I'm enjoying my Major Wheeler honeysuckle which is in bloom every month of the year (pretty much), along with the aforementioned Japanese anemones which just started last week. The continuing all summer long show contains turk's turban mallow, lantana shrubs, passionflower vines and hibiscus mutabilis. It won't be too awful long before american beautyberry begins to color I guess, even if the berries are just tiny green things right now. The only grass I have making a show now is the prairie dropseed, of the muhlenbergias only riverchonni is heading yet. It's still early in the grass season and I'm seeing some other people's miscanthus starting to flower....See MoreFirst perennials to flower this season
Comments (7)I don't have all that many perennials anymore but of what I do grow, Erysimum 'Apricot Twist', Geranium 'Max Frei' and the lupines are in full bloom. As is Veronica 'Georgia Blue', variegated London Pride, geums, sunroses and a couple of Pacific Coast hybrid iris. And my first spring showing of Dicentra 'White Gold'!! Hellebores, epimediums, trillium and euphorbia have already come and gone, although I have not yet cut back the flowerheads on the hellebores or the euphorbs. Waiting on the oriental poppies, salvia 'Hot Lips', astrantia and hardy fuchsias. They won't be long....May is the major perennial month here!! Not bad for only a 2 year old garden :-))...See Morevivian_2010 (IL Zone 5a)
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