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Reply to: Rejoicing in Worms 1 hour 45 min ago
Persephone's part remains

Persephone's part remains fascinating, in times ancient and present.
Reply to: Dr.Sonal question 2 hours 8 min ago
Hi! This is not an easy

Hi! This is not an easy question and I do not have any easy and fast solutions for this.3-4 hours of sunlight per day is not very much to sustain much growth and indoor sunlight is weaker than outside.Of course,living at low latitudes helps in this.If You go and take a look at windowfarms.org ,You may consider using a window with more sun exposure.I think,pests are less a concern indoors than outside.Something important: plants sense the season by the length of the day and artificial light as we use it in our homes will be felt as daylight by the plant,although it's not worth much for productive growth.So,by our use of home lighting and due to prevailing temperatures in homes a plant will easily think that it lives a temperate summer all year long. With Friendly Greetings,antonis
Reply to: Rejoicing in Worms 13 hours 51 min ago
Jessica: Thanks for your

Jessica: Thanks for your thoughts, I appreciate it . . . Regarding future excerpts from Darwin, I can only say that I'll continue to follow the worm trails wherever they may lead. Best wishes to you, rv
Reply to: FletcherFamily image 637512574 15 hours 47 min ago
Please tell us more about

Please tell us more about this attractive, English *leaf bin* - did you make it? So symmetrical! Here on the high desert it would be useful as a plant cloche during a grasshopper invasion!
Reply to: Rejoicing in Worms 15 hours 53 min ago
Thank you - and if you have

Thank you - and if you have Darwin in your library, I would love to see an excerpt in the context of gardening every so often!
Reply to: abondigirl - status 1270204487 15 hours 59 min ago
Sounds like two pests:

Sounds like two pests: Crawling soil grubs can be stopped from boring by wrapping the tomato stem above & below ground with a paper or foil collar. And caterpillars may hatch into butterflies. There are several suggestions in reply to a recent Question about organic deterrents. I posted this one > Another option might be to plant a garden-border plant from the same plant family that is attracting the caterpillars. That may lure some egg-layers & you can deposit caterpillars you pick. One such combination is tomato plants in the food garden & a nightshade vine on the perimeter - beautiful, with small purple flowers & later, red but poisonous berries. With brassicas, you could plant ornamental cabbages on the perimater ...

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Any suggestions as to how to organically deter grubs and caterpillars from the tomato plants? It is frustrating when these crawlers bore into the green tomatoes and any advice would be appreciated.