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- From: "Suzanne Pierot" <suzanne@hvi.net>
- To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:27:58 -0400
Why do plastic bags under the pots help fend off slugs. Don't the critters
just climb up the pots?
Suzanne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Stedman" <stedman@rcn.com>
To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: [gwl-g] Container gardening
> Okay, I have a question that's so basic it's almost embarrassing. Every
> summer the pots on my "terrace" (fieldstones with dirt between the spaces)
> get splattered with hard-to-remove dirt, even those elevated on pot feet.
> Mulching the plants helps a little, but not much. This year I've bought a
> relatively expensive Lunaform pot, and don't want to risk getting it
dirty.
> Suggestions? I was thinking of putting plastic, like you get from the dry
> cleaners, under the pots, then trying to camouflage it. (I sometimes put
> sandwich bags under small pots of plants that need a lot of water, like
> alocasias, to fend off slugs, and that's been relatively effective at both
> preventing slug damage and keeping dirt away.) But plastic on the ground
> seems kind of unpleasant. I can't put cement in the spaces between the
> fieldstones because the house is a rental and, well, it would be a big,
> expensive ordeal.
> My garden is so shady in the summer that my collection of containers in
the
> back becomes the main event.
> TIA,
> Nancy Stedman, NYC
>
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[gwl-g] Container gardening,
Nancy Stedman, 04/17/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
Ellen Zachos, 04/17/2005
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RE: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
Fran Gustman, 04/17/2005
- RE: [gwl-g] Container gardening, Nancy Stedman, 04/17/2005
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RE: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
Fran Gustman, 04/17/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
Dan Clost, 04/17/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening, Lon J. Rombough, 04/17/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening, Suzanne Pierot, 04/17/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening, Bruce Zimmerman, 04/17/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening, Nan Sterman, 04/26/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
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