What's eating my Sage?!
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Red beetle eating my Russian sage??
Comments (5)Sounds like Fourlined Plant Bugs. The nymphs are bright red and appear in May or June. The adults have four black lines down the wings. They move fast, but their weakness is that they drop off the leaves and try to fly when you disturb them. I place a small bucket of soapy water underneath them, then shake them so they fall in the water. You can also spray the plants with insecticidal soaps. The bugs lay their eggs in the stems of infested perennials to overwinter, so it is important to clean up and dispose of the plant debris in the fall. The Russian Sage may grow out of the damage, but if it is too severe, you could prune off the damaged sections. Russian Sage can be cut back by half (to 6" to 12") this time of the year anyway to promote a fuller plant (which blooms slightly later than unpruned plants)....See MoreSparrow likes to eat sage
Comments (5)There is an easy and simple way to protect any seedling from birds, rabbits, deers, etc. Go to a fabric store and buy some nylon tulle. They come in diff. colors and thightness. Just throw it over your seedlings, in a wrinkled fashon. You might put few sticks here and there to leave space . But even without that there will be no harm when seedlings are small/short. I am doing it with my peas now. Otherwise rabbits will munc them. Also, get non-green color so the animall can see it and will not bother to go there(only mytheory) The thing with tulle is that it will not be moved by wind, the rain and sunshine will go throgh it....See MoreWhat the HECK would eat sage?!
Comments (13)This is just a wild guess, but leaf-cutter bees? I have lost leaves off trees, shrubs and basil to leaf cutting bees. They take the leaf off the plant, roll it up and use it somewhere for a incubator for their young. I've seen them cut borage leaves and decide they don't want them (I think it is the fuzziness, somewhat like sage, that turns them off) and leave them at the base of the plant. Can you put a hairnet over your sage? I'm not kidding--a fine mesh net of some sort over the plant will discourage cutting insects. Not decorative, but effective!...See MoreThis caterpillar(?) is eating my sage...what is it?
Comments (1)It's one of the many, many Geometrids, a moth caterpillar. Many are general feeders, opportunistic....See Moreseysonn
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