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	Entry Date Nick Name Location Friday, April 18, 2025 Little Ketchup Grittyville, WA Entry 114 of 115   Grower Diary Menu   Back to Previous Page Show Full 2025 Diary List Other Grower's Diaries Submit to Your Own Diary On clear nights the dew point is the critical part. I read yesterday on wiki that thatcher ants will eat plants occasionally. Today I observed this, a lot of chewing of young leaves, stems, flower buds. Before I would have attributed this damage to fungal blight or other insects but now I can see that its the ants being omnivorous. Hopefully this is the last frosty night.
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