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Jananas Bananas · 04-10-2010, 01:43 PM

This is a Dwarf Puerto Rican. Just a beautiful plant! The new leaves coming out were just perfect. Red edged leaves, faint pink splotches on the newest leaves, such a beauty. Well this morning, I found a stupid caterpillar chowing down on the leaves. It has eaten a couple of holes in the newest cigar leaf through several layers, besides munching on all the others but one. It was black with a pale yellow stripe, probably some sort of butterfly - but I didn't care. I picked it off and chunked it as far as I could throw it (sorry I didn't get a picture of it). I am used to the caterpillars eating my passion vines, but this is a first on my bananas (not the same kind). OK, here is where I need the help. This is an edible plantain and I don't want to use any poison on it so what should I use? Since I found one I will probably find more and I want to be prepared. If this is a butterfly caterpillar I would rather not kill if if I can help it.

Thanks! ~JaNan

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