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Bartlett Pear Help
duh:
The trunk of the bartlett pear is covered in little green worms. What's going on here. And what do I do?
Tina:
That is not a good sign, Tammy. Certainly not a normal thing to happen. If you do not have insecticides to use I would use my liquid dish detergent and spray the heck out of them. It will not hurt the trunk at all but if it is thick on the leaves it can hurt those. If I had a bunch I may put some on the trunk without diluting. Kind of a sticky feet kind of cure.
I found this:
http://lakewhatcom.wsu.edu/gardenkit/unwantedpests/WinterMoth.htm
duh:
Ok, I went out and applied the sevin to the infected bartlett pear and to the rest of the fruit trees as well. I don't think the bartlett is going to make it. It only has it's top foliage. Those worms work fast the tree was fine and then it was eaten. I didn't even realize what was happening. Well I'll know better in the future. Hopefully one of the cuttings I took will grow so I'll at least have a replacement without spending another 30 bucks.
So while I was out there I looked around. The golden azalea is gone. But I have new leaves on the royal red hydrangea and the double mock orange so that's way cool. The spirea from bestofour is growing. It is twice the size it was when it bloomed this year.
In the ditch bed I've planted day lilies over the top of blackberry lilies evidently. I seem to do that kind of thing a great deal. The sedum seems to have survived my transplanting skills so that's a good thing. The Stella Dora seeds are comming along well so I'm excited about that. They are less than an inch high at the moment but probably another inch up and I'll give each seedling it's own yogurt cup.
The climbing peace roses aren't doing anything yet but I still have hope. One of the three the leaves are turning red. I never understand what's happening when roses do that. The Red miniature crepe myrtle has leafed out. The ice plant is greening up which is cool and one of the irises in that bed has bloomed. A white one.
In the tree bed the columbines have buds along with 3 of the peonies. The violet azalea is in bloom along with the lilies of the valley. I lost one of the two bachelor buttons. The old fashioned wegila is blooming but the varigated is not. I think it is still to small. The lavender is doing ok but not great. It's still quite small. The primrose has finished blooming for the year. All of the herbs are doing well. Even the lemon balm came back. I was worried about that sucker because it required so much water last year. The Med Bells have buds so they are doing fine. And the ornamental grass is starting to come out.
My Red miniature rose is looking fantastic this year. it has really filled in and looks great. I hope the orange one follows suit. I got it one year later so this year it is small but if it acts like the red one it's going to be great next year. I only lost one of the mums so I'm not complaining. I'm going to move the one I brought with me when I came here to the location of the dead one. The purvian daffodils have not sent up any green yet this year but I don't remember if that is normal or not. The irises at the corner of the house are in bloom and it really is a nice look I think.
The first leaf of the Tropicanna has poked it's nose out of the ground which I'm happy to see. I was thinking it was a goner since it didn't bloom or grow last year. The chocolate mint is doing well and spreading just like I wanted it to.
And I think that's about it for now. I know I really should get out there and get pictures. I'm so bad about that.
sunsoaker:
Sounds like your garden is doing great! Sorry about the pear tree, but maybe it will come back now that the you took care of the worms.
bayou girl:
i was going to say, don't give up on the pear if it has any leaves left at all. it could come back
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