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Posted by The_Dollmaker 4B5A NewEngland (My Page) on Sat, Jul 17, 04 at 8:05
| Someone mentioned slugs in another thread and I thought I would brak it out. I am having great success with garlic. In sunny areas I just grow it along with the hostas. Garlic doesn't grow well in my shade gardens though, so I am using copper over there and I am happy with it. I buy ends of flashing at the home despot, 5 X 7" pieces ten for $1.75. I cut them into 3rds with my tins snips and that gives me 30 7" strips. |
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RE: Speaking of sulgs...
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| Hey Dollmaker, what a good idea! But I have to say that in the 18 yrs that I've been gardening in this spot I've never had a major problem with slugs (knock on wood) Oh I do have them slime/chew things on occasion, but nothing to excess. My boyfriend has used diatomacous earth before (they were chowing on his head lettuce) with good results. Cathy |
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| I save all my egg shells during the winter in coffee cans and sprinkle the crushed shells around plants. |
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| I use seaweed off the beach as a border around my garden beds |
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| I have avoided the sharp things because I like to let my kitties sleep under the big hostas. But I understand they work very well! Does the seaweed also fertilize? |
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| yes the rich source of nitrogen is great amoung other nutrients. My garden loves it. especially my pataotes. I heard form a 75 year old gardener that she once heard of using seaweed under the patatoes as a base and then till up on top with garden soil as you normally would. She said the patatoes would be the whitest you ever saw?! Not sure what that means, I expect she only grows white patatoes as I go blue, red, etc... However the results are beneficial to the garden all around. |
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