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Re: Rolly Pollys
CN do you have wood sides on your beds? If so what is the condition of the wood? Or maybe you have rotting wood chips on top of the soil or MM. I expect damp rotting wood will attract these critters and result in a population explosion. Just thinking and I have nothing scientific to back up those thoughts.
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I have proof. I moved a damp piece of wood that was holding some netting down and there was a whole colony living on and under it.

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Re: Rolly Pollys
Yup, I had wood chips on top of the soil. I just read that organic mulch will draw slugs to strawberry plants, so I figured that's what brought them.CapeCoddess wrote:I have proof. I moved a damp piece of wood that was holding some netting down and there was a whole colony living on and under it.
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I just upped my game. Now I really load up on the rinds every night and water them down. Then I get up super early in the morning to get rid of them all. Since my beds are so far off the ground, there must be an end to it somewhere. They must have come in with some dirt or compost. I can't imagine they could find their way from the outside world to my beds that are 3' off the ground.


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They crawl up my 2' tall table tops. But I sprinkle Sluggo Plus when I set out the seedlings, or even just before I set them out.

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Things are even worse this year. When I wrote this, I only saw them if I baited them or looked in the right place at the right time. Now, when I go into the Salad Bar anytime, they scatter like roaches in a tenement when you turn on the lights. It's time for drastic action. I'll get the Sluggo Plus this weekend and see if I can save my beautiful Salad Bar.countrynaturals wrote:I throw it all into the compost for chickens to play with.sanderson wrote:Wow! Do you pick the rind and critters up and throw away?
I thought it was all over, but Katie had some fresh melon rinds to get rid of, so I put them out last night. This morning they're loaded again.
I don't know how they ever found this waist-high bed and now I'm starting to believe there's a never-ending supply of these creeps. I WANT MY GARDEN BACK! WAAAAA!

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Suz,
I'm sure that Sluggo Plus will solve your problem, and it's certainly easy to apply. It takes only a small amount, too!
I'm sure that Sluggo Plus will solve your problem, and it's certainly easy to apply. It takes only a small amount, too!
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YIKES! I think I may have almost made a fatal error!donnainzone5 wrote:Suz,
I'm sure that Sluggo Plus will solve your problem, and it's certainly easy to apply. It takes only a small amount, too!
There are a pair of small, tan lizards that make their home in the Salad Bar. They love to jump out and scare me when I garden, but I get the last laugh when I water.


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Suz,
This information may be helpful. It does refer to salamanders, although apparently no testing on such creatures has been done. However, at 1t. per square yard. it's hard for me to imagine that it would be harmful.
www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/goldengategardener/article/Sluggo-gets-OMRI-seal-of-approval-4648828.php
This information may be helpful. It does refer to salamanders, although apparently no testing on such creatures has been done. However, at 1t. per square yard. it's hard for me to imagine that it would be harmful.
www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/goldengategardener/article/Sluggo-gets-OMRI-seal-of-approval-4648828.php
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donnainzone5 wrote:Suz,
This information may be helpful. It does refer to salamanders, although apparently no testing on such creatures has been done. However, at 1t. per square yard. it's hard for me to imagine that it would be harmful.
www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/goldengategardener/article/Sluggo-gets-OMRI-seal-of-approval-4648828.php
My lizards are a little different, but I'm not taking any chances. Thanks for the info, Donna.Q: I had more California slender salamanders before I used Sluggo. Do you think it is killing them?
A: After iron phosphate (not with EDTA) proved "practically nontoxic" to birds and fish, tests on other nontargeted creatures were waived, so effects on amphibians were presumed minimal and not studied.
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