Garden Pests

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Comment by Anoush Wiggins on May 20, 2009 at 7:07am

Thanks, Joy - I hadn't seen that particular thread!

Comment by Joy Williams on May 19, 2009 at 3:47pm

Anoush, there's a number of ideas here

Comment by Joy Williams on May 19, 2009 at 3:45pm

This ant problem was addressed elsewhere somewhere on this site... hmmm what was the answer, does anyone know?

Comment by Joy Williams on May 19, 2009 at 3:32pm

coffee grounds and oyster shells ARE working to repel the slugs!

Comment by Anoush Wiggins on May 19, 2009 at 2:37pm

I was turning over some soil in my garden this morning and ANTS! EVERYWHERE! I don't want a nest in my veggies, I'm not going to use chemicals around my food, so I don't know what to do to get rid of them. Any ideas?

Comment by Penelope on April 1, 2009 at 1:26pm

That's true about the copper, like salt, it makes them sizzle.

Comment by Heather WOod on April 1, 2009 at 12:11pm

I just read that slugs dont like copper or they won't cross copper!

Comment by Liz Brensinger on March 30, 2009 at 8:21am

Hi Joy. Belated thanks for the invite to join. This is a great topic! Look forward to the conversation (though not to the pests! :-)

Comment by Joy Williams on March 29, 2009 at 1:53am

I have slugs to deal with too... LOTS of them. I use Sluggo, but it never feels like they really go away because of it.

Has anyone ever dealt with cutworms? They devastated my garden two years ago, and that's the one I'm gonna try and do my real strong tomato patch in. I'm thinking of solarizing it with black plastic. Any ideas, people?

Comment by Pema on March 17, 2009 at 6:21pm

Thanks for the invite Joy. I mostly have slugs, white fly and aphids to deal with. I had been saving crushed egg shells to give calcium to my plants so now I'll do an slug prevention test and put it on top of the soil. As for the beer--my only results was 'drunken slugs' slithering away.

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