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[little leaf]

yay- my little eggs are hatching - a question- the raspberry are done pretty much for the year- if i start them on raspberry, will they change to another food later, ( rose ? is what I am thinking - or does anyone suggests another food? ) my others are just hitting egg laying age, but now I am worried how to feed them all with winter on the way ( I HATE winter ) I don't know if they are like silks, once started on one food, will not change over -
thanks for any help on feeding them

 

[laurie]

At least your are starting to hatch. Last winter I kept a ficus tree in with mine. They sure did not chow down like on raspberry but it worked.

 

[little leaf]

hmmm....Olive got a ficus tree- I wonder if she would share there are tons of them !!! guess its time to move this crew to a cage too- the other ones are ready to start to lay now I think ( according to you ) so whats one more cage right - lol

 

[CarlC]

What species are they? If they are Indians they will eat ivy. You can also try to locate a privet bush.

Carl

 

[little leaf]

What species are they? If they are Indians they will eat ivy. You can also try to locate a privet bush.

Carl

yes, they are the indian - I have ivy with the adults, and raspberry , they seem to not be eating the ground Ivy - what kind of ivy do they like ?

 

[CarlC]

I just used a ivy I bought at lowes or hd. Rose will work but make sure no systemic pesticides were used within the last year. Privit can be ordered from nurseries down south this time of year.

To grow bramble (raspberry family of plants) indoors in rather easy. Go to lowes or home depot and pick up some root tone or any other rooting hormone. Dip a freshly cut stem in to rooting hormone and put in a cup of water for a couple of weeks. Once you see roots starting plant the stem. Keep the new plant under strong 6500k lighting and in a few weeks you should have a nice plant going. Occasionally fertilize the plant with a general fert that is water soluable. The lighting is the key to indoor growing. T5's or T8's with individual reflectors work the best.

Carl

 

[little leaf]

thanks I will get " growing" on this asap