One of my caixin plants finally started producing bunches of flower buds! They look like broccoli to me The downside of these clusters of buds is that the dastardly caterpillars have a lot more nooks and crannies to hide in. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Garden pests
As a follow-up to my earlier post on growing caixin, I wanted to share that yes, caixin plants grow much better when they get more sunlight. What I didn’t expect to share was information about pests that are attracted to … Continue reading
Know thy enemy – and now I know what moth the hairy caterpillar becomes… comes from…
Continue readingWhen I started growing sunflowers about a year ago, one of my biggest problems was when caterpillars ate so many of the leaves that the plants couldn’t sustain themselves, and eventually died prematurely. I didn’t have a problem with caterpillars … Continue reading