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Re: slaters
what are slaters...cutworms,sow bugs,pillbugs,pincher bugs??? try hot
pepper spray,cardboard collars around stem for cutworms,diatomaceous
earth, garlic spray...
HELEN COLEMAN wrote:
>
> Fellow Permies,
>
> Does anyone have an environmentally safe answer to slaters? They have
> chewed their way through several plantings of seedlings, including cherry
> tomatoes, broccoli, basil, beans and lettuce. I will have to resort to
> growing vegies in pots on the verandah if I can't find some way to keep them
> away from the seedlings - the poor little things don't even last 48 hours in
> the soil, and after growing each one from seed its quite heartbreaking!
>
> Thanking you for any advice,
> Helen