Your 2026 Garden

[Debbie292d]

I use collars around my transplants to deter cutworms. It's very effective. You can use milk cartons, juice bottles, even plastic soda bottles. Cut off the bottom, then cut sections about 3"-4" tall. They should be one solid section, like a ring. I've made collars from 4" plastic pots, I just cut off the bottom.

When you transplant gently slide the collar over the plant, pressing it into the soil about 1".

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Plastic pot collars

I was going to suggest this. Coffee cans work too. We only buy coffee in metal cans, not plastic, and get them in both the large and small sizes, depending on what's on sale.

We do not have so much trouble with those here, but I remember growing up in Minnesota, everything practically Mom put coffee cans around due to cutworms.

 

[Noodler]

Definitely trying that this year!