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Set Young Plants: Cold frames and clear covers are most useful for hardening off plants in spring before they are transplanted, and for protecting plants. Being portable, covers are mostly used in the vegetable garden to protect plants already growing, while cold frames are used mainly to overwinter uprooted plants and to protect young seedlings.
Propagation and growing: set young plants in a dry, sunny spot where they can be left to achieve full height. Cut back mature plants to half their height in the fall to keep the shape neat. Increase by tip cuttings taken in summer. No regular pruning is needed but the shrub should be kept under control.
In the wild, beetle feeds on every kind of aquatic life, such as small fish, tadpoles, worms, other aquatic insects. Needs quantities of food. Give native food plus top minnows and their young; tadpoles and earthworms. Also drop cubes of raw or cooked meat into the water. Always remove surplus food as soon as feeding is over.
In the wild, beetle feeds on decaying plant and animal matter plus living water plants and aquatic animals. Feed as predaceous water beetle. In addition, give young aquatic plants.
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