Comments on: Vanishing lettuce http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/04/08/vanishing-lettuce/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Sat, 17 May 2008 05:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mike http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/04/08/vanishing-lettuce/#comment-549 mike Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:31:07 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/04/08/vanishing-lettuce/#comment-549 Mike, That sounds like a good trick. Luckily, I haven't run into cutworms so far, I'll try that if I do. Having to out them in TRAYS sounds quite alarming... :) Alastair, No, the lettuce isn't a big setback, and stuff always happens, for me half the satisfaction is working around little setbacks and occasionally lucking out (oh, I didn't get that golf ball sized hail that pummeled everything in sight only 10 miles down the road, that sorta luck!)...and always making a solid weekly harvest. Thanks for the extreme compliment...it'll make it that much easier to stay on course with my daily-or-so posting plan once the season really gets rolling. Mike Mike,

That sounds like a good trick. Luckily, I haven’t run into cutworms so far, I’ll try that if I do. Having to out them in TRAYS sounds quite alarming… :)

Alastair,

No, the lettuce isn’t a big setback, and stuff always happens, for me half the satisfaction is working around little setbacks and occasionally lucking out (oh, I didn’t get that golf ball sized hail that pummeled everything in sight only 10 miles down the road, that sorta luck!)…and always making a solid weekly harvest. Thanks for the extreme compliment…it’ll make it that much easier to stay on course with my daily-or-so posting plan once the season really gets rolling.

Mike

]]> By: Alastair http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/04/08/vanishing-lettuce/#comment-547 Alastair Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:46:58 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/04/08/vanishing-lettuce/#comment-547 Sorry to here about the lettuce. I hope it is not too much of a set back. The blog is an inspiration. I love it. Sorry to here about the lettuce. I hope it is not too much of a set back. The blog is an inspiration. I love it.

]]> By: Mike http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/04/08/vanishing-lettuce/#comment-545 Mike Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:19:00 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2007/04/08/vanishing-lettuce/#comment-545 I recently discovered a new trick for outing cutworm: drench the area in LOTS of water for a full minute or so. The cutworm (presumably) can't manage without air and come up in a hurry, gasping, at which point, "Gotcha!" Works well for seed trays. I recently discovered a new trick for outing cutworm: drench the area in LOTS of water for a full minute or so. The cutworm (presumably) can’t manage without air and come up in a hurry, gasping, at which point, “Gotcha!” Works well for seed trays.

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