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Subject: Re: Tent worms
From: garlicgr@pond.com (The Tetrad)
Organization: St. John's Organic Community Garden, Mont Clare, PA
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 99 21:16:53
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"tom persinger" wrote:
>
>here in PA we're having a real problem with tent worms. A few trees on my
>property are slowly being overtaken by the pesky worms.. are there any
>organic/natural means of ridding the trees of these critters other than
>cutting?
A friend of mine gets out his propane torch and burns them out. It works!

Dinara, the garlic grower
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