We have used the old slug control method. A small cup slightly buried so the rim is near soil level near the plant. Fill it with beer. Slugs like the beer, go in the cup and drown.
I am in teh suburbs. Skunks eat lugs so there are lots of anti slug pellets in places like Home Depot, but I also don’t want to adversely affect other outdoor critters.
I do suspect that teh squirrels have tasted the beer along with the peanuts we put out for them
Vandal_A
I’ve never come home to find my vegetables have picked and rinsed themselves
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I think I harvested about 3 lbs altogether. Such a successful first year attempt for me.
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Send help…I harvested (estimated) 30-40 lbs in a week…
Is this a method to mature tomatoes? I’ve neevr heard of this and I have a bunch that would definitely benefit from this treatment.
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Another angle of the unripe ones.
Do you pull them when green to avoid pests?
We have used the old slug control method. A small cup slightly buried so the rim is near soil level near the plant. Fill it with beer. Slugs like the beer, go in the cup and drown.
I am in teh suburbs. Skunks eat lugs so there are lots of anti slug pellets in places like Home Depot, but I also don’t want to adversely affect other outdoor critters.
I do suspect that teh squirrels have tasted the beer along with the peanuts we put out for them
I’ve never come home to find my vegetables have picked and rinsed themselves