Wood ash and sawdust as slug deterrent
I gather these may deter slugs used together or separately; I've been
saving some to try. But when do I apply it? After I've sown the seeds and watered them in, or only after germination begins? The latter seems more sensible, but I worry about the alkalinity of the wood ash damaging the seedlings. On a related but different note, I tried 'pre-baiting' the vegetable bed with beer traps for a week before planting anything: the first traps were almost more slugs than beer -- amazing -- but catches tapered dramatically, and by the time I sowed the seeds I was down to 1-2 slugs/trio of traps/night. regards sarah regards sarah -- Think of it as evolution in action. |
Wood ash and sawdust as slug deterrent
sw wrote:
I gather these may deter slugs used together or separately; I've been saving some to try. But when do I apply it? After I've sown the seeds and watered them in, or only after germination begins? The latter seems more sensible, but I worry about the alkalinity of the wood ash damaging the seedlings. I've saved quite a bit of my wood ash this year to try and once the seedlings (which I'll let grow as much as possible) are planted out I'm going to put it in lines some distance from the plants. With all this rain I can't see it happening for a while and in any case I havent seen any slugs about yet. Kev, |
Wood ash and sawdust as slug deterrent
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Wood ash and sawdust as slug deterrent
Kevin Groves wrote:
sw wrote: I gather these may deter slugs used together or separately; I've been saving some to try. But when do I apply it? After I've sown the seeds and watered them in, or only after germination begins? The latter seems more sensible, but I worry about the alkalinity of the wood ash damaging the seedlings. I've saved quite a bit of my wood ash this year to try and once the seedlings (which I'll let grow as much as possible) are planted out I'm going to put it in lines some distance from the plants. With all this rain I can't see it happening for a while and in any case I havent seen any slugs about yet. You're lucky, at least in that regard :-) Thanks to both you and Janet; I'll try the lines some distance from the plants. regards sarah -- Think of it as evolution in action. |
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