Ninjadogma
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Them bigger critters like moths, grasshoppers and beetles take big chunks of plant tissue when they eat. They're assholes. They come in quick and hard and you might kill them with BT but the plant is still gonna look like it's been in a fight. I built a screenhouse to keep em away. A few still sneak in when I'm opening and closing but the plants aren't dangling out in the open air all night for the moths to hover and lay eggs. Throwing a garden net over your plants will help cut down some of the damage from flying pests, no need for an enclosure.
I popped too many seeds of everything in the yard this year. I use all the tried and true sprays in rotation and I fight bugs DAILY. Inspecting, manually removing, water blasting, and treating with natural pesticides (BT, spinosad, Neem and pyrethrin). You can win the war on bugs but you gotta approach it like you're General Patton.
And yes it is a war.
I popped too many seeds of everything in the yard this year. I use all the tried and true sprays in rotation and I fight bugs DAILY. Inspecting, manually removing, water blasting, and treating with natural pesticides (BT, spinosad, Neem and pyrethrin). You can win the war on bugs but you gotta approach it like you're General Patton.