Lovely! Since they're all in containers it would be pretty simple to use copper tape to keep the slugs at bay: https://www.agilehomeandgarden.co.uk/post/how-does-copper-tape-stop-slugs
Good luck!
Lovely! Since they're all in containers it would be pretty simple to use copper tape to keep the slugs at bay: https://www.agilehomeandgarden.co.uk/post/how-does-copper-tape-stop-slugs
Good luck!
Thanks for reminding me of that! Yeah I've had some success with copper in the past, more than I did with beer traps etc. I've also tried planting suicide crops - marigolds are a good one, slugs fuckin bee line to marigolds. But I'm never quite sure if this distracts the slugs from my sunflowers or if my marigolds bring all the slugs to the yard!
Yeah maybe I should try copper again next year, don't have any copper wire right now so I'm just trying to put pots with vulnerable plants high up where slugs gotta work for it until the plants are well established. A mature sunflower has a kinda hairy stalk, anti slug protection. The challenge is keeping them safe until they reach that stage.
Tbh I feel like last winter was too mild and didn't knock the slugs back hard enough.
Heck yeah! It's wild how much plants just kinda want to grow and how little it takes to keep them going if they can.
Hope they stay pretty. A little greenery can feel so good.
My succulent is flowering! There's something about it that makes me think little shop of horrors. I don't normally grow succulents, was gifted a little tiny bit a couple of years ago, left it on the dashboard of my van and it thrived. It's outdoors now for the summer and seems to be loving it
No hate here, would love to see an update in a week or so myself.
We all make due with what we have, some people can only grow some herbs on their north facing balconies since they get no direct sun.
Yeah you're spot on, we all gotta work with what we have. I know people who have no growing space at all but do kind of guerrilla gardening stuff in public spaces. I'm lucky really that I have room for plant pots. Yeah no worries I'll do some updates.
Do you happen to be down by a river?
Lol that is not a new joke. Part of my family comes from a travelling community, and I first started living in vehicles maybe thirty years ago. You can joke, but it's more sustainable than bricks and mortar. My electric is solar, my heating reclaimed wood. No part of the land had to be concreted and built on so that I could have a home. It's not right for everyone but I believe in sustainable community living and I put my money where my mouth is. You?
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