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ID this bushy volunteer please (4 rather large pics)
posted by: tracey_nj6 on 05.04.2010 at 10:15 am in Name That Plant Forum
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clipped on: 05.07.2010 at 12:59 pm last updated on: 05.07.2010 at 12:59 pm
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RE: Bee Balm larvae help needed (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: tracey_nj6 on 07.18.2008 at 03:59 pm in Garden Clinic Forum Nice picture of the wasp; how come I'm not that lucky!?!?!?!? Anyway, it's probably Pyrausta signatalis-monarda/horsemint caterpillar.
NOTES: Pyrausta signatalis-monarda/horsemint caterpillar
clipped on: 07.18.2008 at 04:00 pm last updated on: 07.18.2008 at 04:00 pm
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What is this plant?
posted by: ham01 on 07.13.2008 at 09:13 pm in Name That Plant Forum We have a plant that came from a packet of mystery seeds from school.
We do not know what this plant is. Please help HAM NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 07.16.2008 at 12:11 pm last updated on: 07.16.2008 at 12:12 pm
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RE: need help finding humr safe insecticide for petunias with APH (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: irisheyesaresmilin on 04.19.2008 at 01:42 pm in Hummingbird Garden Forum I went to the garden shop again today - He insists this is safe for ALL pollinators; hummers, bees etc....
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clipped on: 04.19.2008 at 08:07 pm last updated on: 04.19.2008 at 08:07 pm
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RE: What butterflies are these? (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: lepalot on 09.03.2007 at 05:08 pm in Butterfly Garden Forum These are Sachems. They can become abundant some years, especially in September.
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clipped on: 04.11.2008 at 09:42 pm last updated on: 04.11.2008 at 09:42 pm
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RE: What butterflies are these? (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: roselee on 09.03.2007 at 05:08 pm in Butterfly Garden Forum What wonderful pictures! They are skippers. Someone else may be able to tell you the exact kind.
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clipped on: 04.11.2008 at 09:42 pm last updated on: 04.11.2008 at 09:42 pm
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What butterflies are these?
posted by: tracey_nj6 on 09.03.2007 at 03:20 pm in Butterfly Garden Forum There have literally about a hundred of these guys in my garden, each day this weekend. What exactly are they? They seem to like the verbena bonariensis the most, although they're still covering just about anything they can land on...
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clipped on: 04.11.2008 at 09:41 pm last updated on: 04.11.2008 at 09:41 pm
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Homemade Feeder
posted by: ctnchpr on 06.14.2007 at 03:01 pm in Hummingbird Garden Forum It's OK to laugh, the DW did. She called it a
contraption. I call it the "Hummer Happy Hour Feeder". Everything (except the Tequila bottle) is from the hardware/plumbing/electrical dept's of Home Depot. Threaded plugs on each end allow access for cleaning. This pic was taken at midday, a slow time for the bar. The regular crowd will shuffle in later. NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 04.02.2008 at 04:37 pm last updated on: 04.02.2008 at 04:37 pm
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Whoopeeeeeee! Black Swallowtail cats!!!! I believe...
posted by: tracey_nj6 on 09.12.2007 at 07:12 pm in Butterfly Garden Forum I'm floored! I was dilly dallying after work and was removing a spiderweb from one of my windowboxes on the railing of the deck. Below it on the floor I had a windowbox of parsley, 2 plants, in hopes of getting some swallowtail cats. One of the plants is tall and yellow; practically dead. I was going to butcher it a few weeks ago but decided to simply let it go. Well, I freaked out when I saw 2 beautiful cats on the top of it! And I mean freaked! DH couldn't understand the thrill I was experiencing; grrrrr. I immediately put it into my caterpillar cage, especially since I hadn't been able to use it due to my milkweeds being too tall for it! Although the parsley was also too tall for it, I managed to bend it to fit it in, and not have the cats resting against the screen. One was molting, and I may have disturbed it, since it immediately starting squeezing out of the old skin once I started moving the stem as to get a good pic!
So, experts that I so greatly worship, can you tell me a little about rearing these guys, or point me to a knowledgable website? I tried to Google it, but there's not too much out there that'll help me in my hour of need. Thanks for any information you can provide me with ;)
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clipped on: 10.15.2007 at 09:28 am last updated on: 10.15.2007 at 09:28 am
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I should have been paying more attention
posted by: caterwallin on 09.07.2007 at 10:10 pm in Butterfly Garden Forum to the forum, but I've been so busy with the Monarchs that I haven't had time to read a lot on here. I really don't know what I'm doing when it comes to raising anything besides Monarchs, but now I have to know what to do because I have Black Swallowtail cats. Yippee!! They're eating my rue and right now I have them on potted rue that's sitting in a big storage container with a screen on top. Are these like Monarchs and they will climb up and pupate on the screen? I thought I'd ask because I don't know if I should put anything else in with them besides the plants that they're eating. Also, do they eat about as long as a Monarch, say 9-12 days or so and then pupate? Is it best that I leave them outside on our back porch, which is where they are at right now? It's kind of late in the year, so will they emerge as butterflies this year yet or will they overwinter? I know I should keep them outside somewhere over the winter if that's the case; otherwise they'd emerge and there'd be nothing for them to eat.
Cathy NOTES: BST's
clipped on: 09.17.2007 at 11:10 am last updated on: 10.15.2007 at 09:27 am
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RE: Echinacea Sunset - weird petals? (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: icotte on 07.12.2007 at 04:03 am in Perennials Forum Looks like Plant Delights Nursery gives a refund on them. Read the second half of the third paragraph here.
http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/announcements/2006-September/000063.html NOTES: Echinacea sunset problem
clipped on: 07.12.2007 at 10:55 am last updated on: 07.12.2007 at 10:56 am
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RE: Hope these work for hummers (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: ltcollins1949 on 04.22.2007 at 10:19 am in Hummingbird Garden Forum I can send you all lots of seeds for the Scarlet Sage, a/k/a Texas Sage Salvia coccinea. I even have some of the pink and white. They grow like weeds down here in south Texas and are perennials that bloom all year round. If you want some seeds, just let me know.
NOTES: Salvia coccinea seed
clipped on: 04.27.2007 at 10:51 am last updated on: 04.27.2007 at 10:51 am
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RE: not purple...not lavender..... (Follow-Up #34)
posted by: carolkcmo_5 on 02.14.2007 at 11:54 pm in Winter Sowing Forum There are huge blue japanese morning glories? They are gorgeous.
Good grief. I looked them up. They are really expensive. I do NOT need another obsession. (I'll wait til next year.) NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 02.15.2007 at 09:00 am last updated on: 02.15.2007 at 09:00 am
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WANTED: Really Old Seeds!!!
posted by: nettasaura on 09.12.2006 at 09:18 pm in Seed Exchange Forum Does anyone have any really old seeds (2004 or older) they would be willing to take an SASBE for? I would love to take these off your hands! Let me know. ~Netta
NOTES: Old seeds wanted
clipped on: 09.13.2006 at 09:13 am last updated on: 09.13.2006 at 09:13 am
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Big Ole Fall Flower Swap!!!!!
posted by: mogardening on 08.18.2006 at 10:55 pm in Round Robin Exchange Forum Big Ole Fall Flower Swap
How about a flower swap? I have finished part of my fall harvesting and have some free time. Let’s Swap! I want to keep this really simple for all of us. 1. To join the fun, post a message HERE, in this forum. I will email you with my address. NOTES: Seed swap...
clipped on: 09.12.2006 at 02:40 pm last updated on: 09.12.2006 at 02:40 pm
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RE: wintersown hollyhock picture (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: mallowmallow on 08.28.2006 at 06:56 pm in Winter Sowing Forum tracey...wow pretty id love to trade for those three HH:)
pam NOTES: Zanzibar, Russian & SSR
clipped on: 08.30.2006 at 10:04 am last updated on: 08.30.2006 at 10:04 am
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RE: Butterfly Nectar? (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: msrpaul on 08.12.2006 at 09:33 pm in Butterfly Garden Forum Try some very ripe fruit...banannas, watermelon. When there was a BF pavillion here, they used to have a rich past of nearly rotten fruit, and the buterflies went ape over it. It seemed to be largely banannas.
Try this recipe: one pound of sugar NOTES: Butterfly recipe
clipped on: 08.12.2006 at 11:06 pm last updated on: 08.12.2006 at 11:06 pm
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RE: Can anyone ID this hollyhock? (Follow-Up #5)
posted by: romando on 07.04.2006 at 10:27 pm in Cottage Garden Forum That's beautiful! Do you have any more of the seeds that produced your plant laying around? I'd love a hollyhock just like yours!
Amanda 'romando' NOTES: Hollyhock, Zanzibar
clipped on: 08.06.2006 at 07:20 pm last updated on: 08.06.2006 at 07:20 pm
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RE: Can anyone ID this hollyhock? (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: moonphase on 07.05.2006 at 12:08 am in Cottage Garden Forum I too love the color of Hollyhock you have.I have never had one that color so if you are trading seeds of this beauty,put me on your list.This is a must have....
moonphase NOTES: Hollyhock, Zanzibar
clipped on: 08.06.2006 at 07:20 pm last updated on: 08.06.2006 at 07:20 pm
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RE: Can anyone ID this hollyhock? (Follow-Up #8)
posted by: stormys_mom on 07.09.2006 at 04:09 pm in Cottage Garden Forum Tracey I would love to have some seeds.
Thanks Jackie NOTES: Hollyhock, Zanzibar
clipped on: 08.06.2006 at 07:20 pm last updated on: 08.06.2006 at 07:20 pm
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Tomato Sauce
posted by: steve421 on 07.02.2006 at 05:09 pm in Growing Tomatoes Forum Well I just finsished making some tomato sauce for tonights dinner (chicken Parm). It took 5 hrs to cook but boy is it worth it...Im posting a recipe in case anyone would like it.
~10 bls tomato I blended the tomatos in a food processor then Steve NOTES: Tomato sauce
clipped on: 07.03.2006 at 11:51 am last updated on: 07.03.2006 at 11:51 am
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RE: Monarda Buds with Catapillars (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: tracey_nj6 on 06.30.2006 at 08:42 pm in Perennials Forum Misery loves company! I've been hand picking (with a tweezer) these little B%*#^@&s for a few weeks now, drowning them in a cup of water. They destroy the buds either deforming or eliminating the blooms.
I believe this is the culprit, Pyrausta signatalis-monarda/horsemint caterpillar: Someone had posted a link for me last year about this critter, and there isn't alot of info on it, but I'm 99.9% positive it's this guy. Whenever I see the moth, I've been smashing it, usually when it lands on a leaf. So far, this years damage has been extensive on my "Jacob Cline", but they're moving on to the "Marshall's Delight", which just started blooming for me. They didn't bother with the "Blue Stocking" or "Claire Grace", which bloom later than the first two for me. Good luck ;) NOTES: Monarda caterpillar
clipped on: 06.30.2006 at 08:42 pm last updated on: 06.30.2006 at 08:42 pm
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Monarda worms (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: Tracey_NJ6 on 06.28.2005 at 10:31 am in Garden Clinic Forum I just found this:
A new pest (or one that has not been observed before) is showing up in bee-balm flowers. Tiny white caterpillars feed in the flower heads causing thin flowering and early flower senescence. For ornamental purposes, the pest is hardly noticeable, but for those who harvest bee-balm flowers for food or drying, it can be a problem. This monarda or horsemint caterpillar has been identified as Pyrausta signatalis. The small maroon and yellow moths might be observed flitting around bee-balm in July. Bt or other mild all-purpose nursery sprays applied to developing flowers should help control this pest if necessary. I haven't noticed any small maroon and yellow moths, but since I have hummers, I won't be applying anything... Here is a link that might be useful: Link NOTES: Monarda caterpillar
clipped on: 06.26.2006 at 03:19 pm last updated on: 06.26.2006 at 03:20 pm
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RE: Park Clearance Sale!! (Follow-Up #33)
posted by: tracey_nj6 on 06.06.2006 at 02:43 pm in Perennials Forum Oh brother, where to put them?!?!?!? Plus, I ordered about 15 from Bluestone!
My Park: My Bluestone: Plus I have a bunch of wintersown babies (no so baby-ish anymore) to get in the ground. I'm in BIG trouble ;) NOTES: <none>
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