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Hi gardengirl, I have my tomatoes in a large butterfly pavillion. I also keep some praying mantis.
We go out every December, cut down our own Christmas tree. We also manage to find one with a mantis egg sack. We put the egg sack in the pavillion. The mantids hatch months early and will feed off of any bugs on the plants. Then, by early summer, the mantids are big enough to be released. The plants can also go outside in the pots they are in.
If there aren’t enough bugs on the plants to feed the mantids, they only need a few containers of flightless fruit flies that are available from reptilian stores.
I have my tomatoes in a large butterfly pavillion<<<<
What is a butterfly pavillion?
Why have one?
New thought, but it would be interesting.
They can be so beautiful.
Are you catching the Swampsniper threads of his wildlife and bird photography, they are breathtaking photos.
you are eye to eye with the birds.
Too cool! The insects are horrible here and going to get worse if the envirowhackos have their way. They’ve just about pulled everything that works. When their homes are full of roaches and their kids are dying of easily preventable diseases, it will be too late, but maybe they’ll realize jsut why all this stuff was developed.
I may have to try your pavillion idea. Did you buy yours or make it?