Slugs and snails are my nemesis! Can't wait to watch this because I've tried EVERYTHING. They love my strawberries. My reply to myself is in my comment.🙄
I have cabbage moths still in zone 7 Tennessee. But it's still warm so I still have a ton of cherry tomatoes and some peppers. But now I also have the full fall garden
Warmer Autumn/ Fall, Winters also contribute to pest levels. Beer and salt traps can be used, also copper in various forms. I am going to increase my nematode levels to tackle this as we have had a jump in increase of humidity the past 2 years.
DE, sand and to some extent vermiculite won't work as much as slug and snail pellets if it rains. Nematodes are a natural parasite that lives in soil and depending on what you want to tackle, will help with certain pests and is not harmful to beneficial insects like lady birds, etc. Parasites that can live in humans and livestock and pets are different species.
It took some time as i thought it was another climate conspiracy theory but they finally admitted that a certain country in the ME did use seed clouding to reduce heat in their region but didn't really test or anticipate the outcome it had on the rest of the world's climate.
In the UK, we have had 10 days straight of very heavy cloud and most of late '23 and '24 had been very cloudy. Our ave temps have risen but sunlight hours have decreased. This month, so far, has been hit terribly hard with about 1.6 ave hours of sunlight per day, with maybe areas in Scotland getting a whooping 6hrs of sunlight. Some areas of the UK have had zero hours of sunlight the past 10 or so days. The Med sea is like a warm bath lake, which has seen devastating rainfall in parts of Italy and now Spain. Natural weather systems like monsoon or hurricane seasons have been occurring much earlier. Lesson is, don't mess with the environment. All it has Done is taken that heat from the south and pushed it north, along with moisture.
We in the SE of England and normally suffer with drought and high heat in summer. Growing crops this year has been tough due to the lack of sun and heat. The high humidity has brought in pest and diseases. We do have humidity in October due to hurricane season but there is an issue when it constantly sets off your fire alarms or messes with your digital displays.
Either as a market gardener, homesteader or general gardener, we need to think and adapt to how we grow and protect our plants.
I'm a bit confused. I heard many gardeners (maybe even you) say fall gardening is a great time of year to plant. One of the reasons given is less pressure from insect damage. Is this not the case?
I use a 9 volt electric fence around the outside of my raised beds. Works great keeping slugs out. Of course that is after I collect all the ones that are inside the bed.
I’ve had great success eliminating slugs with beer traps. I’ve also heard ducks love to eat slugs, but I’m not sure I would want them running freely through my garden. However, if your garden is fenced, having ducks could reduce the slug population on the rest of your property, and prevent more slugs from migrating into your garden. Then it would be a cinch to wipe out the ones in the garden with beer traps.
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Slugs and snails are my nemesis! Can't wait to watch this because I've tried EVERYTHING. They love my strawberries. My reply to myself is in my comment.🙄
Hmm now i know why my brassica 's have become swiss cheese 🤔
Pillbugs are actually Crustaceans.
I have cabbage moths still in zone 7 Tennessee. But it's still warm so I still have a ton of cherry tomatoes and some peppers. But now I also have the full fall garden
No problem with distinctions earth and sluggo here it hasn’t rained in months and most likely won’t for a couple more.
lol dont ever make that face again (thumbnail)
IDK, my issue9a is just getting ests off my sprouts. Netted, spaced, etc and it's challenging.
Diatomaceous earth is also a form of silica for plants which will increase their resistance to pests
Slugs destroyed all my beans this year. Looots of rain. Thanks for the tips!
slugs and snails use to be #1 problem, then these droughts took them down. i haven't seen a slug or snail since april.
In Northern Ireland we have slugs and snails eating our plants 24/7 … 365 days a year! 🙃👍
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That's one benefit of the drought, less slugs for me
Warmer Autumn/ Fall, Winters also contribute to pest levels. Beer and salt traps can be used, also copper in various forms. I am going to increase my nematode levels to tackle this as we have had a jump in increase of humidity the past 2 years.
DE, sand and to some extent vermiculite won't work as much as slug and snail pellets if it rains. Nematodes are a natural parasite that lives in soil and depending on what you want to tackle, will help with certain pests and is not harmful to beneficial insects like lady birds, etc. Parasites that can live in humans and livestock and pets are different species.
It took some time as i thought it was another climate conspiracy theory but they finally admitted that a certain country in the ME did use seed clouding to reduce heat in their region but didn't really test or anticipate the outcome it had on the rest of the world's climate.
In the UK, we have had 10 days straight of very heavy cloud and most of late '23 and '24 had been very cloudy. Our ave temps have risen but sunlight hours have decreased. This month, so far, has been hit terribly hard with about 1.6 ave hours of sunlight per day, with maybe areas in Scotland getting a whooping 6hrs of sunlight. Some areas of the UK have had zero hours of sunlight the past 10 or so days. The Med sea is like a warm bath lake, which has seen devastating rainfall in parts of Italy and now Spain. Natural weather systems like monsoon or hurricane seasons have been occurring much earlier. Lesson is, don't mess with the environment. All it has Done is taken that heat from the south and pushed it north, along with moisture.
We in the SE of England and normally suffer with drought and high heat in summer. Growing crops this year has been tough due to the lack of sun and heat. The high humidity has brought in pest and diseases. We do have humidity in October due to hurricane season but there is an issue when it constantly sets off your fire alarms or messes with your digital displays.
Either as a market gardener, homesteader or general gardener, we need to think and adapt to how we grow and protect our plants.
Wish you the best of luck and take care.
I'm a bit confused. I heard many gardeners (maybe even you) say fall gardening is a great time of year to plant. One of the reasons given is less pressure from insect damage. Is this not the case?
Sluggo . Iron phosphate works on all the above mentioned.
I use a 9 volt electric fence around the outside of my raised beds. Works great keeping slugs out.
Of course that is after I collect all the ones that are inside the bed.
Autumn here has been drought conditions, unfortunately. It hasn't rained in 2 months.
I’ve had great success eliminating slugs with beer traps. I’ve also heard ducks love to eat slugs, but I’m not sure I would want them running freely through my garden. However, if your garden is fenced, having ducks could reduce the slug population on the rest of your property, and prevent more slugs from migrating into your garden. Then it would be a cinch to wipe out the ones in the garden with beer traps.
Do you really have zukes in November in michigan ?
I’ve been having pests try to eat my broccoli
Hi Luke .Have you ever consider adding nematode in the inoculation of biochar to help fighting the slug ?