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Talkback: Cuckoo spit

Claire. I once blanched some spinach and found a poor caterpillar writhing in agony in the boiling water. It died a few seconds later. Am always really careful to check now. Cuckoo spit, in my roses, lavendor plants, I get the jet (garden hose by Gladys the gardener

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28/11/2011 18:40:52

by Enduring Gardener

Talkback: Why are the birds ignoring their food?

caterpillars could potentially become pests of your fruit crops. Nature has a great way of keeping pests in check so I would let the birds get on with it.I'm not sure the birds would be after your bulbs - squirrels certainly, but I've never come across bulb by Boabd

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28/11/2011 18:41:35

by Emily

Talkback: Native versus non-native plants

constitutes a garden. As far as butterflies are concerned we seem to forget the caterpillar stage of the lifecycle is as important as the adult stage, so they need nettles, grasses, trefoil, dock, etc...So it is a brave gardener who steps out into this new by donutsmrs

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03/07/2012 10:42:58

by Gracie5

Talkback: Growing tomatoes and tomato blight

it worth while so what is the problem I haven't got blight yet, but for the first time ever have an infestation of tomato moth caterpillars eating their way through my greenhouse toms. Have other people been affected this year? This was my first attempt by Chilipops

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28/11/2011 18:39:22

by meica19

Talkback: Tasty tomatoes

and broccoli doing well then a attack of green furry caterpillars, they ate the lot so sad and disappointed where did I go wrong. Toms are now growing on plants after the leaves all went yellow and curled up so I stripped leaves and got toms how strange by marybakers

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28/11/2011 18:29:46

by green fingers

Talkback: Draining ponds

weird in my pond and i dont know what theses things are.....they look like white/cream caterpillars with get this leaves stuck to there backs i have found 3 in there WHAT are they...yuk..yuk..will they eat my tadpoles??????mum says they are monsters by Dragonfly

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28/11/2011 18:40:34

by Angel

Talkback: 'Grow Your Own' Week: Getting started

of mistakes, but I've had a lot of success as well. The first year I lost all my tomatoes to the dreaded blight, my dwarf french beans were covered in aphids, the brassicas were decimated by caterpillars and I stupidly sowed carrot's in modules by Jan

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28/11/2011 18:40:35

by cutie

Talkback: Growing tomatoes outdoors

crop i have grown them in pots first time i have grown tomatoes. I too grew too many tomatoes in my green house and have also had a fantastic crop.My only problem has been elusive caterpillars who like taking a bite out of my tomatoes than spitting by mel

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28/11/2011 18:41:14

by Anonymous

Talkback: Wasps

lasted for over a month. However it is fascinating to see them taking all the caterpillars from our cabbages. Also their nests are in holes in the ground which I did not realise. We have had a wasps' nest somewhere in the garden for the last 5 years by mmfp

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24/02/2012 23:08:05

by Pestsurrey

Garden Gallery

as you then have to start all over again Anyway- I can now say nice camellia Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar Just showing off now! Thanks, Lorea...the pic doesn't show that it's about 10ft tall. It's very old and flowers like that every year without fail by sotongeoff

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30/07/2012 17:01:08

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