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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] slug solutions?
  • Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 02:21:32 -0400

Saor Stetler wrote:

Slugs can be the bane of any gardener's existence, wreaking havoc on your young plants shooting up in the spring. No big wonder that slug pellets and pesticides are so widely used. However, effective alternatives do exist.

Increase organic matter/tilth/drainage in your garden beds and make them
tall and wide with deep ditches between them that extend below existing grade.

It may be that slugs prosper in poorly drained low tilth/low organic matter
soil.
I never have problems with them anywhere in the 3 1/2 acres of raised bed
market gardens I manage.





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