MAPMAKER 2.0 - caterpillar, hemp and moth seed mix (NEW!)

Butterfly Lure 2.0 is a seed mix for caterpillars, moths and sedges, the result of 1 year of research, which has resulted in a seed mix of the best nectar-producing and nutritious plant species. The majority of moths and sedges are very picky when they are caterpillars and have only a few or only 1 or 1 species of food plant: this is the plant on which the moth lays its eggs and the leaves of this plant are eaten by the caterpillars. Two of our protected butterflies, for example, are the striped butterfly, which only and exclusively oviposits on buttercup, and the large-spotted ant butterfly, which only lays its eggs on thyme and pitchgrass.

As their natural habitat decreases, there are fewer and fewer of these food plants, leading to a decline in the number of butterflies. This is particularly a problem for very specialist species, which starve rather than feed on other plants, and their numbers are therefore on a downward trend. For this reason, it would be important to focus on these food plants (which are in all cases native Hungarian species) when we want to support the species richness of native butterflies in our gardens.

They are less picky when they are mature, so any source of nectar will do, and of course there are favourites. We have also selected some of these good nectar-producing species for the mix, for example, the devil's-eye species, imola are always irresistible to moths. And because they are my personal favourites, we also paid extra attention to the food plants for sedges.

The Butterfly Lure 2.0 seed mix differs from the first edition of the Butterfly Lure seed mix in that, after some thought, Butterfly Lure 2.0 finally includes some proven super nectar-producing and butterfly attracting species that are not native to Europe, but are also not invasive: butterfly blossom, bumblebee rose and umbrella verbena. These species are also advantageous because they flower in their first year, whereas most perennials tend to set their petals from their second year onwards, but their leaves can be useful to caterpillars in their first year.

With the Butterfly Lure Seed Mix, which is also rich in food plants, remember that there is no butterfly without a caterpillar and let the little caterpillars eat up some plants, because that is what helps the most 🙂 The mix contains 150 butterfly and hemp food plants in addition to nectar sources!

Features:

• life cycle: annual, biennial, perennial
• flowering period: march-october
• size: 10-100 cm
• soil: dry, average
• growing area: sunny
• pollination factor: 10/10

The following species are included:

anise, buttercup, chickweed, white testicle, white meadowsweet, bladderwort, sheep sorrel, dill, garden milkweed, garden devil's-eye colour mix, colonic fanwort, common knapweed, common galah/deep sorrel, spearwort, bachelor's rose colour mix, lily of the valley sage, field spurge, musk sorrel, medical sorrel, buttercup, meadow imola, meadow cuckoo-grass, meadow marigold, meadow marigold, hornwort, hairy vetch, pitchgrass, spotted knapweed, bluebell snakeweed, wild meadow grass, ironbelted imola, red testicle

Recommended application rate: 2-3 g/nm

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Price:

1g - 950 Ft

5g -2500 Ft

10g - 4000 Ft

25g - 8000 Ft

Prices are gross prices, 27% VAT included.