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last year i was plagued by slugs, i have hardly seen any this year but went out in the garden today to find caterpillars everywhere!!!! the universe is testing me i'm sure of it!
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Well I have loads (and I mean loads ) of slugs but not seen any caterpillers!!BumbleB
I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds. -
Welcome to the wonderful world of Mama Nature and her destroyers - slugs, caterpillars, earwigs, woodlice, mice, pigeons, crows, wagtails, blackbirds, rabbits, pheasants, partridge etc etc - I have them all !Originally posted by rainbowbrite View Post
Slugs - eat pretty much everything
caterpillars - definitely favour brassicas
earwigs - making lace of my aubergines
woodlice - just a general pain
mice - peas and beans are favourites - or any freshly sown seed
pigeons - pea shoots and brassicas a speciality
crows - brassicas seem to be well liked
wagtails - strawberries
blackbirds - ditto
rabbits - you name it they will either eat it or dig it up to try it
pheasants - mine like cauliflower curds and sprouts
partridges - brassicas againRat
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I also have caterpiller infestation
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We don't have the last 3 of SW's list - but we have all the rest plus ducks and foxes both of which like a good dig just where those carrot seeds were sown. Probably why I grow everything except the above in modules.
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It's a war out there folks..........
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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I threw my toys out of the pram last night and put the blue pellets out after all my peas and beans had been chomped to the ground by snails.
I picked up 17 around my canes this morning - some were even still attached to the pea stalks. My hatred for snails is verging on irrational.Comment
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Get yourself some chooks. They will eat all the slugs and bugs in you garden. The downside is they'll also eat your plants!
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My life has changed for the better since the organic ones came out. No chomping and no dead slugs exploded around the garden [we only used these for a short time before I found out how bad they were for any wildlife eating the dead slugs]....Originally posted by amandaandherveg View Post
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i'm so glad i'm not alone but i tell you when i get to see the big guy upstairs i'll be asking for a rational explanantion as to why he put them on the earth!Comment
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Maybe He didnt ! I can think of a few good arguments as to them having come from ahem, Downstairs...Originally posted by rainbowbrite View Postodd notes about our kitchen garden project:
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I really don't like using them as I know how bad they are for the wildlife, I should have put in my previous post that I've trailed netting over the pellets so the birds and beasties can't get to the snails before I pick them up in the morning.Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
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I wasn't getting at you - but the organic ones are really the tops.Originally posted by amandaandherveg View PostI really don't like using them as I know how bad they are for the wildlife, I should have put in my previous post that I've trailed netting over the pellets so the birds and beasties can't get to the snails before I pick them up in the morning.
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count yourself lucky then SR that you don't have deerOriginally posted by sewer rat View Post
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I didn't net my psb last year and had to rid them of eggs /caterpillars twice a day all summer. But we did get an amazing crop of it all spring so it was worth it.Comment
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