What are the treatments for cutworms (not grubs) in my garden?

I didn't take the usual precautions when planting seedlings in my garden, as cutworms have never been anything more than a nuisance, but this season I have lost several developing vegetable plants with stems up to a quarter of an inch in diameter. I've found the cutworm in only one instance.



What can I use sparingly around the base of susceptible plants to take them out?

What are the treatments for cutworms (not grubs) in my garden?
Ortho? Bug-B-Gon? MAX? Lawn %26amp; Garden Insect Killer Concentrate Ready-to-Spray



* Kills on contact

* Kills over 150 types of insects

* Provides residual control for up to 6 weeks

* Built-in applicator - no mixing, no measuring, and no mess

* Guaranteed!



usage

How to Use



Connect: Shake well before using. Connect sprayer to hose. Turn on water.



Spray: To begin spraying, point nozzle in the direction you want to spray. Bend small yellow plastic tab back and turn knob clockwise to ON position. Spray evenly over measured area.



Finish: To stop spraying, turn knob counter-clockwise to OFF position. Turn off water. Relieve water pressure by bending yellow plastic tab back and turning knob to ON position until water slows to a drip. Turn knob back to OFF position. Disconnect sprayer from hose.

When to Apply



Apply when insects first appear and repeat as necessary, but not more frequently than every 7-14 days.

Where to Use



* Roses and other ornamentals

* Vegetables and fruit trees listed on label

* Trees and shrubs

* Lawns

* Around house foundations, porches, patios and stored lumber.



Where Not to Use



For outdoor use only. Do not apply directly to water. Drifts and runoff from treated areas may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in treated areas. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwaters. Do not apply to humans or animals.

What It Controls



On Ornamental Plants (including: roses, flowers %26amp; shrubs):



Aphids, armyworms, bagworms, crickets, cutworms, Eastern spruce gall adelgade, elm leafbeetles, European pine sawfly, fall webworm, flea beetle, grasshoppers, greenbug aphids, gypsy moth, hornets, Japanese beetle (adults), lacebug, leafhopper, loopers, lygus bug, mealybugs, mimosa webworms, mosquitoes, northern pine weevil, oak webworm, orchard weevil, periodical cicada, pine chaffer, pine shoot weevil, plantbug, redheaded pine sawfly, saltmarsh caterpillar, sap beetle, sawfly, spittlebug, spruce mites, stink bug, tarnished plant bug, tent caterpillar, thrips, two spotted spider mite, wasp, whitefly, and Zimmerman pine moth.



On Lawns:



Ants (including carpenter, lawn, foraging fire ant, and Argentine), armyworms, black turfgrass ataenius, chinch bugs, crickets, cutworms, deer ticks, fleas, greenbugs (aphids), Japanese beetles (adults), mole crickets, mosquitoes, sod webworms, weevils (including billbugs and annual bluegrass)



On Vegetables %26amp; Melons:



Aphids, alfalfa caterpillar, alfalfa looper, American plum borer, apple aphid, apple maggot, armyworms, artichoke plume moth, beet armyworm, black cherry aphid, black vine weevil, blueberry spanworm, buckhorn aphid, cabbage loopers, carrot weevil, celery looper, cherry fruit fly, chinch bug, clover mites, codling moth, Colorado potato beetle, corn earworm, corn rootworm (adults), corn silkfly (adult), cow pea curculio, cranberry fruitworm, cranberry weevil, crickets, spotted %26amp; striped cucumber beetle (adults), cutworms, diamondback moth, European corn borer, fall webworm, filbert worm, flea beetle, grasshoppers, green cloverworm, green fruitworm, hickory shuckworm, imported cabbageworm, lacebug, leafhopper, leafrollers, lesser peach tree borer, loopers, lygus bug, Mexican bean beetle, naval orangeworm, oblique banded leafroller, oriental fruit moth, painted lady caterpillar, pea aphid, pea weevil, peach tree borer, peach twig borer, pecan nut casebearer, pecan spittlebug, pecan leaf phylloxera, pecan stem phylloxera, pear psylla, pecan aphid, pecan weevil, pepper weevil, pickleworm, plantbug, plum curculio, potato leafhopper, potato psyllid, potato tuberworm, red-banded leafroller, red striped fireworm, rindworm, rosy apple aphid, saltmarsh caterpillar, san jose scale (fruit only), sap beetle, southwestern corn borer, squash bug, squash vine borer, stalk borer, stink bug, tarnished plant bug, tentiform leaf miner, tobacco hornworm, tomato fruitworm, tomato hornworm, tomato pinworm, tufted apple budmoth, vegetable leafminer, velvetbean caterpillar, variegated leafroller, walnut aphid, walnut husk fly, weevils, western bean cutworm, and whitefly.



Around House, Foundations, Porches and Stored Lumber:



Ants (including carpenter ant, Lasius, Argentine, red harvester, pavement, odorous, pyramid, pharaoh), centipedes, cockroaches (including American, Asian, German), crickets, earwigs, fleas, house flies, millipedes, mosquitoes, palmetto bugs, scorpions, sowbugs, spiders, and ticks (including American, deer tick, brown dog tick)

Cautions



For outdoor use only. Harmful if swallowed. Causes moderate eye irritation. Avoid contact with eyes or clothing. Wash thoroughly with soap and water after handling.



Active Ingredients:

0.3% Bifenthrin



This works well. And y ou can find other things at http://www.ortho.com/index.cfm/event/Bug...

All of these can be found at the Home depot and if your ever in portchester store 1212 look for me I work in the garden there. Hope this helps you out.
Reply:You don't need chemicals. Make a collar out of cardboard . Cut a strip, tape in a circle around the plant stalk, press about 1/2 inch in the ground. This will keep the cut worm from curling around the plant stem and choking it off. THIS WORKS! I have used it for years and have zero damage from cut worms.
Reply:The above post from "ahuhyeah" regarding using cardboard wraps is absolutely correct!!! I have done the same thing for many years without fail.
Reply:It looks like the following chemicals may help with cutworms.

permethrin (Eight), acephate (Orthene), carbaryl (Sevin), diazinon.