swan tag
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Swan plant plastic bag protection someone said put plastic bags over some of the leaves to keep the caterpillars at bay so they dont decimate the plant totally. Would these bags need holes to provide fresh air? What percentage of the leaves would you cover? |
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Swan Plants Where is a good place to buy Swan plants in Christchurch! |
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Monarch Butterflies. Swan Plant. Help How long does it take for the caterpillas to go into their cacoons!We have so many of them and the poor Swan Pant is getting eaten and I'm worried that theres going to be no plant left.Also there are baby ones still growing. any advice on what to do w... |
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Birds eating swan tree caterpillars I have just got another lot of caterpillars on my plant. Hope they last longer than the last lot. Has anyone else had this problem of birds picking them off one by one. Im off to buy some bird netting, so these ones will survive. I had eight caterpillars ... |
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Swan Plants What is the horny looking beetle that attacks the caterpillars on a swan plant.I have dozens of caterpillars, but a bettle is attacking them. |
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Alternative to swan plants? what other plant would the monarch grub feed on ! |
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I have huge swan plants but no sign of caterpillar Does anybody around Kapiti have too many caterpillars for their plants! |
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Monarch Caterpillars and Swan Plants Hi, I had two very healthy looking monarch caterpillars who devoured my swan plant. I bought 2 more swan plants on a mercy dash to pak n save one night and transferred them. Both caterpillars soon died and hung in upside down V shapes which the monarch fo... |
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Yellow aphids/ mites on swan plant I have thousands of these lil beggers on my swan plants atm and more than a handful of caterpillars too. Can I use the olive oil, baking soda, water spray to knock the lil blighters off without harming the caterpillars too! |
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Swan plant help please http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/ |
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Whether or not to prune back Swan Plants Most of my swan plants are looking remarkably lush in the month of July in Nelson. Should I cut them right back or just leave them? |
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Swan Plants? Where can I buy Swan Plants in Christchurch. I live in the Spreydon area. |
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What happens to old swan plants? Usually mine fall over when they are 4 metres high. But one has not. It still has leaves and flowers on it. The caterpillars seem to prefer young plants. |
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Swan plant pods-seeds visible I was sent some dried swan plant pods by a very kind TM member. How do I sow those? Pod and all? The fluffly white bits are visible with some seeds visible. Can someone guide me what to do now please? I did not have enough food for my caterpillars this se... |
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Swan Plant question I do not have a green finger touch (more like a finger of death ! ) I purchased 8 young but established swan plants about 2 - 3 months ago to get them 'big' for the summer to attract the monarch butterflies. I put them in my greenhouse which I purchased e... |
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Swan plant and regrowing them My beautiful big swanplant has been stripped by a load of caterpillars which are about to hatch. Do the swan plants regrow after being stripped from it's leaves? There are plenty seed balls on them. Advice please. Currently have 9 caterpillars |
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Too many caterpillars not enough swan plants! Anyone need some caterpillars? we have 84 and only 16 plants. not sure if they are all going to make it. Mairehau, CHCH. |
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Aphids on my swan plant Just after some advice about aphids. I have a swan plant in a pot. It was growing beautifully, until i discovered yellow things all over it. Its looking a bit under the weather now. What should I do? |
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