· Easy to create · Can not be isolated from other plants · Butterflys like enticing plants Azaleas Rhododendrons Lilacs Weigela Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) · In garden should be blooms all season long A resting place along with shelter Pilt 13 Butterfly Milkweed · Attract colour · Provide food for butterfly caterpillars · There you can watch Monarch butterfy life cycle Pilt 14 Fertilizing · Nitrogen produces vegetative or topp growth. · Phosphorous produces flower buds, fruit and root development. · Potassium builds strong healty plants. · The summer most plants need very little nitrogen, because they grow slowly · Liquid fertilizers work quickly, because they absorbed through the roots and foliage. Summary
of Insects Certain fungi and bacteria attack and kill insects. Isaria Farinosa 60% of the larvae was destroyed by artificially infesting them with Enthomophthora aulicae THE CONTROL OF DEFOLIATORS Mechanical Methods Chemical Methods Mechanical Methods Hand picking destroying the insects by hand is the most direct method of control. Banding placing of bands or barriers around tree trunks is a method of control effective against a few types of insects, like caterpillars Cotton Batting a strip of cotton batting is placed around the tree trunk at a convenient height, and the lower edge tied tightly against the trunk. Mechanical Methods Wire Screens inverted funnels made of wire screening or tin may be tacked about the tree trunk. Sticky Bands the most effective barriers that can be used. Chemical Methods The Stomachpoison Sprays Poison is taken into the stomach of insects with their food.
All in all, in the year up to the end of 2000, 6 042.7 hectares of new vines were planted. In 2000 the total grape crop was about 1-million tons, from which 830-million litres of wine were made by 355 active cellars, of which 185 were non-estate "private producers", 92 registered "estates", 69 co-operatives and nine producing wholesalers South African cuisine For the more daring diner, South Africa offers culinary challenges from crocodile sirloins to fried caterpillars to sheep heads. All three are reputed to be delicious. For the not-quite so brave, there are myriad indigenous delicacies such as biltong (dried, salted meat), bobotie (a much-improved version of Shepherd's pie) and boerewors (hand-made farm sausages, grilled on an open flame). Those who prefer to play it altogether safe will find that most eateries offer a familiar global menu - anything from hamburgers to sushi to pad thai to spaghetti bolognaise. And you can drink the water.
representatives for up-to-date information. Insects Both beneficial and pest insects can be found on sunflower plants in the summer, especially around the head. Many insect pests are known to cause head damage, but the damage usually is quite limited. Insect pests that occasionally appear on sunflower plants include sunflower moth, sunflower maggot and sunflower beetle. Heads can be clipped off or leaves damaged by cutworm, headclipping weevil and assorted caterpillars. Grasshopper, wireworm, and sunflower maggot also can cause plant damage. Of these pests, sunflower moth is the most likely to cause damage in Missouri. Unfortunately, economic threshold levels have not been determined for sunflower insects, so it is sometimes difficult to know when it is profitable to spray for pests unless massive damage is clearly being done. Several insecticides are labeled for sunflower use, but such sprays should be used with