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Rockporter · September 13, 2012

I seeded some lettuces, spinach, kale, and rainbow swiss chard in my DE yesterday and am waiting now to see how well they do. I did happen to go back to Auto Zone because what I had from them originally was the wrong thing but it all straightened out. Returned the original DE to NAPA Auto Parts as well.

Now I need to get some powdered DE because I found a huge 3" long by 1/2" wide Tomato Hornworm on my bell peppers today. He ate two bell peppers to nothing and I can say that is one creepy worm. I have never seen one until now. Yuck.

I will let you know how the seeding goes.

September 13, 2012	#101
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	I seeded some lettuces, spinach, kale, and rainbow swiss chard in my DE yesterday and am waiting now to see how well they do. I did happen to go back to Auto Zone because what I had from them originally was the wrong thing but it all straightened out. Returned the original DE to NAPA Auto Parts as well. Now I need to get some powdered DE because I found a huge 3" long by 1/2" wide Tomato Hornworm on my bell peppers today. He ate two bell peppers to nothing and I can say that is one creepy worm. I have never seen one until now. Yuck. I will let you know how the seeding goes. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~