... Oh, i tried this trick. Caught a few slugs. Picked and pickled (lol) many slugs every morning. But they still ate hundreds of my herb seedlings, all...
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Griselda Mussett
griseldacann...
Sep 1, 2008 9:16 am
On a v small scale, I planted rocket seed round the lettuces, in a thick 'wall', in ring shapes. It was quite an effective barrier to slugs. The taste is...
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Gail Lloyd
gardenchick1949
Sep 1, 2008 11:43 am
Anything used in excess can be harmful, even good food in excess can be harmful - you need a variety of food to get all the nutrients your body needs. I...
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Poppy Miller
poppymiller
Sep 1, 2008 1:14 pm
... natural predator. Yes, thats why i asked for advice. (BTW, what's the meaning of "leary"?) But another, probably safer option is to keep a duck and to ...
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maartendeprez
Sep 1, 2008 8:34 pm
... Really?! I picked a lot of slugs from a patch of hot mustard in the greenhouse. Maybe it depends on the type of slug... Greetings, Maarten...
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Griselda Mussett
griseldacann...
Sep 1, 2008 9:41 pm
My lettuce inside their rocket hedge were planted outside in the ground in the early summer. It really did keep the slugs'n'snails off - some others not so ...
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Sara Elbrai
selbrai
Sep 2, 2008 8:03 am
I have many snakes but also many slugs and many snails. I also have many frogs and toads....
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Spidra Webster
tattercoat
Sep 2, 2008 8:03 am
No native snakes? Yay! Another country to put on my "love list". As for slugs, you might want to try nematodes. Wiggly Wigglers sell them. I haven't gotten...
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vic_doyle
Sep 2, 2008 9:44 am
The life cycle of a slug is that the parent of slug eggs coats the said slug eggs with slime everyday, the hormone in the slime stops the eggs hatching, if the...
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n_udoh
Sep 3, 2008 10:39 am
It is unlikely that they would survive in the long term. It is true that they can survive low temperatures, but they require a longer summer period (due to the...
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n_udoh
Sep 3, 2008 10:39 am
Native toads would do the job much better. Create toad-friendly areas and shelters and introduce one or more toads....
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Zarar Naseer
znaseer@...
Sep 3, 2008 10:39 am
Hi. I am a new member and looking for source of Convolvulus scammonia - L root or seeds to grow this plant. Would highly appreciate if someone can guide me...
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charfair fairchar
fertileprayers
Sep 4, 2008 3:48 pm
Snakes like eggs and they like baby birds, and they made it difficult for Guam to have any birds. Charlotte www.IonWays.com/Liphart [Non-text portions of this...
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Richard Morris
pfafrich
Sep 5, 2008 9:46 am
George Monbiot The Guardian, Tuesday September 2 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/02/food.foodanddrink Yes, I'm a fructivist. My mission...
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Diana Shipton
dianascrafts...
Sep 5, 2008 7:42 pm
Speaking of growing fruit, I have been picking peaches off of my 2 trees for the last 2 days and I still have more to pick. I am, just this very minute...
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charfair fairchar
fertileprayers
Sep 6, 2008 9:23 am
I have blossoms before and after being placed in boiling water. The jelly is made with flowers, which is an old practice. Does anyone know how long people have...
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Jim
cromlech108
Sep 6, 2008 10:24 am
He should have brought the Agroforestry Research Trust into the article I think..this place stands out in this field. http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/ ... ...
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nerdnooky
Sep 7, 2008 10:15 am
I was just given a heap of ground cherries. Amazing taste! Anyone have any recipes for these. So far, they taste wonderful in salad, on vanilla ice cream...
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Yvan Plante
yvanplante
Sep 7, 2008 5:00 pm
... blackberries. ... I, my name is Yvan Plante, from Chatham, Québec, Canada. In my forest, i have a huge quantity of blacberry. You can see photos ...
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Pat Meadows
patmeadows
Sep 7, 2008 6:01 pm
... They'd have an awful time trying to find slugs through a couple of feet snow, which we're apt to have for most of the winter. I think the slugs themselves...
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manofpeace32
Sep 7, 2008 6:16 pm
Do you want the seeds. Im not sure if you mean fresh for eating -- sounds like it, but.. It's too bad though that people don't mind growing somthing that ...
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Geir Flatabø
geirflatab
Sep 7, 2008 7:06 pm
There are lots of kinds of ground cherries / husk tomatoes, do you know which kind you have got, -Physalis pruinosa - edulis - etc ?? Geir Flatabø ... ...
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Jim
cromlech108
Sep 8, 2008 7:55 am
Why don't you ask the Palestinians? ... blackberries....
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charfair fairchar
fertileprayers
Sep 9, 2008 12:51 am
If someone can answer this and relocate, they could use the money for land and plants for a future. ...
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joy
mountainrain...
Sep 9, 2008 6:55 am
I wouldn't worry so much about displacing NATIVE plants. In nature, all is fair - and it is survival of the fittest. I witnessed blackberries growing freely in...
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Mary Lloyd
whinberry
Sep 9, 2008 7:13 am
Hi everyone, I want to grow potatoes next year but I am in Wales and we get a lot of rain which brings the potato blight. I have lost crops before to this...
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Geir Flatabø
geirflatab
Sep 9, 2008 7:53 am
There are quite a few potato varieties that are +/- blight resistant, esp Sarpo Mira and other "Sarpo" varieties.... give great crops with very little...
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Jim
cromlech108
Sep 9, 2008 10:13 am
I disagree, indigenous biodiversity/ecosystems are important. Some of the 'useful' plants listed are seriously invasive. Having said that I have introduced...
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Jim
cromlech108
Sep 9, 2008 10:17 am
This consultation paper seeks comments on drafting planning policy in the following areas: essential dwellings to meet the legitimate needs of rural...
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Erez Gur
erez_00
Sep 9, 2008 5:52 pm
As far as I remember, the organism that causes potato blight stays in the soil virtually forever and there is no chemical (even industrial) that will destroy...
