Plant Collars

To prevent bugs from chewing the roots of your plants, create a bunch of plant collars to surround the stems of your seedlings. They should be pushed into the soil a couple of inches (approximately 5 cm) or the bugs will burrow under them. You can use:

• Empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls.
• Thin plastic pipe cut into 5-inch (13 cm) lengths.
• Clean tin cans without tops or bottoms.
• Paper cups with the bottoms cut off.

Simply place it around the plant stem, making sure the collar is wide enough so the mature plant won't be strangled by it. Press it down at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) into the soil. That's all there is to it!

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