Cutworms
- Cutworms are the caterpillar stage of Miller moths. They are about 1 inch long (2.5 cm), brown-grey in colour and curl up when you touch them.
- They are nocturnal and are rarely seen in the daytime above the ground.
- If your tomato, cucumber or bean seedlings are dying, pull one up by the roots. If they look like they were cut off at ground level then cutworms have been eating them.
- The culprit can usually be found a few inches away from the seedling.
- To prevent cutworms from getting to the roots of your plants, make plant collars for each seedling and press them at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) into the
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- Till the garden in the fall and again in spring to kill cutworm eggs and some cutworms.
- If you have chickens let them roam in your garden. They love to eat cutworms.
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