Comments on: Pull Up A Chair…

By: pdaly

pdaly — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:52:23 +0000

I meant “desert” but I guess “dessert” works, too.

By: pdaly

pdaly — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:51:45 +0000

what about laying down a “dessert” moat of sea salt between the slugs and the pot of lettuce? or does this potentially ruin the ground for next year if the salt escapes the moat?

By: CowgirlintheSand

CowgirlintheSand — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:27:40 +0000

If you live in the Bay area, here is a great site for tomatoes:

http://www.growbetterveggies.com/

Cynthia, at Love Apple Farm gives great advice. I grew tomatoes in pots last summer following her instructions - (I have major problems with groundhogs or some troll-like varmints that eat everything I grow from underneath) and she has a whole section on how to prepare the pots - adding stuff like eggshells, aspirin, fish heads, etc. It was fun and I got good tomatoes! I also grew beans and peas in pots with good results too - I have a small yard, so using the pots allows me to position them in the sunniest spots.

By: Elliott

Elliott — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:31:27 +0000

“Sometimes, I think the best part of my garden is the few weeks of winter dreaming it gives me each year.”

that’s my most successful period each year. *g*

By: Waccamaw

Waccamaw — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:29:15 +0000

Do you by any chance have some porch railing? If so, you might try getting some of those new-fangled plastic pots that straddle the railing or some pot hangers.

By: Waccamaw

Waccamaw — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:18:31 +0000

Maybe it’s great if you have lots and lots of dill but I only do a few plants in pots and the caterpillers just chew it right down to nubs……no foliage or seed heads left. Hate to do it but if *I* want any dill to use, they have to be removed (as in permanently).

Pulled off all the seed heads this fall and scattered them in the yard so hopefully there will be plenty for all of us next year. :-)

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:01:12 +0000

I think the second story is your answer on that one. Mine is a single step up from the ground level, and much easier for the slimy little buggers to get to, I’m afraid.

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Christy Hardin Smith — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:00:22 +0000

Go ‘eers, indeed. We’ve stocked up on game munchies and are ready to cheer…

By: Waccamaw

Waccamaw — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:59:58 +0000

That’s……………..weird… in the sense that I’ve been doing lettuce in pots on the porch for at least four years now and never had any problem with slugs. Hmmm…possible variables. Usually start with sets but have done seeds. Always use bagged soil; never garden soil. Porch = second story. Could that be the difference? Fairly easy for them to crawl onto a porch near the ground but unlikely to hump their slimy little souls up a flight of stairs?

Note: I’m just starting at the top of the thread and working on down so hope others have some good solutions…..because the miserable little bastids have completely descimated (sp?) the leaves of some heirloom lilies I put in pots ON the ground this fall. The only revenge is watching them melt away under a pinch of salt.

By: diablesseblu

diablesseblu — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:54:09 +0000

OT to Christy,

I may have a degree from Chapel Hill, but today, I’m a Pat White fan. Really want to see him break the quarterback bowl record.

Go ‘eers.