12 ~ Friday, January 30, 1987 - North Shore “ews

garden
queries
answered

ONE OF the most difficult
tasks presented to me in the
writing of this column is in
determining whether or not |
am delivering to you, the
reader, the information
which you seek.

Therefore, it is greatly ap-
preciated when I receive a ques-
tion, concern or problem which is
of specific interest to you.

over the
garden gate

by Geoff Tobiasson

In response to some of the more
common concerns and questions
raised (or should I say planted) by
you and other North Shore

gardeners, | offer this harvest of

answers.
Is it too late to plant my tulips,

daffodils, and other fall bulbs?
Technically, yes; it is too late to

expect a decent show of flowers

from your bulbs. Yet I still recom- |

mend planting now because, even
though you may not get the ex-

“pected show of color this year, if ff

you don’t, the bulbs will dry out
and perish over the next few
weeks.

I had a terrible infestation of
tent caterpillars last year, will I
have it again and if 1 do, what can
I do to control them?

Caterpillars, especially the tent
caterpillars, are cyclical pests.
Every few years we will suffer a
plague (beginning to scare you) of
these pests over a period of years
then, as the natural predator popu-
lation builds, the problem abates.
Cycles generally last three or four
years, therefore it is likely you will
have the problem again this year
and those of you who were lucky
last year will not be this time
around,

It is not commonly recommend-
ed to use insect sprays as the first
line of defence against these or any
other crawly little foreigners in
cases of mild infestation because

you may be killing some of the ||

natural predators as well.

Better to simply prune the nests
out of the trees or shrubs, then
seek and destroy any survivors
fends like war games doesn’t
it?).

If the invaders are too numerous

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