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Wed, May 22, 13 at 18:37
| ok i have noticed that something is leaving holes in my tomatoes and peppers.I have included a photo of these holes can someone please tell me what is causing this and a cheap way to get rid of the pest |
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| Looks like slugs or something. If you check them at night you'll probably see what's eating them. Looks like they're growing faster than they're being eaten though, which is a good thing. |
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- Posted by bluedragon2k9 6a (My Page) on Wed, May 22, 13 at 23:54
| ok i did what you said and they are these slugs like u said!!! they are eating my plants whats somethign easy to get rid of these plant eaters! |
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- Posted by bluedragon2k9 6a (My Page) on Thu, May 23, 13 at 0:13
| they are everywhere! i went back out and checked again i am infested with slugs they are on everything munching away i dont know what to do they are destroying my hard work this is my first garden ever and im losing it all |
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| Well, if it is slug work, then they might not have liked that pepper. Actually, I have never seen them to eat tomato and pepper leaves. They love mostly tender seedlings, lettuce, radish, basils(yummy), squash, cukes....,... |
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- Posted by bluedragon2k9 6a (My Page) on Thu, May 23, 13 at 12:42
| i will update tonight ill take photos of them so you all can see this is awful i feel like im going to lose everything |
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| Don't panic. If it's really slugs, you're in luck. They're one of the easier pests to deal with. Pick up some Sluggo and use as directed. It's safe, organic, easy, and quite effective. |
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- Posted by bluedragon2k9 6a (My Page) on Thu, May 23, 13 at 16:11
| all right ill try the sluggo i just know i went outside last night and they were slugs crawlign on all the plants that had holes in the leaves they are nasty little buggers lol |
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| I keep a spray bottle of diluted ammonia on hand to spray those little suckers...they die on the spot. Oddly enough, I found some on my peppers too...even though I have plenty of "yummier" plants to go for. I guess they have a taste for it after all. |
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| Yeah, they will eat my peppers and potatoes, but not my tomatoes. |
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| Just take the salt shaker out with you and lightly sprinkle them. Kills them instantly. Dave |
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| I keep a plastic coffee container with briny, salt water and drop them into it when I go out to check at night. Especially helpful on nights like tonight when it's been raining and the ground's moist. If you've got huge numbers, beer traps work well too. These are just some pics that will give you the idea. |
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| Easiest way to zap them when you see them, is few grains of salt, as Dave already mentioned...JUST A FEW GRAINS is enough to bleed them to death. But the biggest challenge is to keep them away when you are not there...hmmmm |
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| You can form a ring around every plant stem with used coffee grinds, they can't stand the stuff and it's safe for your plants. You'd have to reapply after every rain storm. Works well unless you have leaves touching the ground, which they would use to detour over the coffee grinds. |
This post was edited by sjetski on Sat, May 25, 13 at 8:53
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