"Sharon Hughes" wrote in message
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Dear All

I am seeking some advice please. I've done a quick search on this group but
cannot immediately identify the FAQs file - any pointers in the right
direction would be much appreciated as I have a feeling that my questions
will have been covered before.

The FAQ's are at : http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/urgfaqs.htm
I should add that most of them are perhaps a little 'dated'...........

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I have around 50 pots, varying sizes (most around 12 " on average), raised
beds (each around 8
ft long x 3 ft high). How the heck do I drench this lot to kill the beetles
without it costing the arm and leg I'm already missing? Obviously it's
going to cost me more to replace the plants I've already bought if I let it
go, but it's a close call buying teeny pots at £4.99-£5.99 which treats such
a tiny area at a time.

VW's don't seem to like all plants. Some thing are completly left alone IMO

I'm doing the vigilant thing by keep moving the pots
around to get the slugs and beetles first thing in the morning but have
stopped short (yet) of torchlight. (Done it before with slugs in the last
place - done away with slug pellets by enticing in hedgehogs with a certain
brand of cat food, a certain other foodstore's own make didn't quite cut the
crust unfortunately!!)

Keep on with the search and destroy mode - you'll at least make a big dent in
the population :~)

I really want this garden to work, it's so important to me, but not at the
expense of a re-occurring cost that is going to break me and take away the
joy I have with making such a lovely oasis in the middle of inner-city
dwelling. Perhaps I'm just being naive, and that's why the garden was SO
bare of anything even remotely green when I moved in? I need to find a way
of making this work. All help appreciated.

I would guess that the previous owners were not keen gardeners. My inner city
garden was a concrete wasteland before I moved in :~) Pictures etc at:
http://members.rott.chello.nl/ldejag...ex.welcome.htm

Good luck and don't give up. Jenny