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Squash64

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Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
« on: June 22, 2009, 18:11:00 »
My chillies are growing well, both inside the polytunnel and out on the plot.....but the flippin slugs and snails won't leave them alone!  Every day I find them munching their way through the leaves.  Between them and the whitefly I'll end up with leafless sticks!
Betty
Walsall Road Allotments
Birmingham



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saddad

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Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2009, 16:09:17 »
I'd feel a torchlight search coming on...  :'(

springbok

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Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2009, 22:47:15 »
Lost all my leaves to slugs too, whole lot gone :(

BrianK

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Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2009, 22:52:14 »
My cucumbers are in my greenhouse with the chillies.   Whilst I am picking out the male flowers I let the chookies roam and nibble.   First and juciest choice are the slugs.  They don't like the chillies for some reason  ;D

mike77

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Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2009, 08:00:58 »
chillies wont hurt the chooks if they eat them brian as far as i'm aware birds aren't affected by capsaicin so it might pay to watch they don't start nibbling away at them!!!

 

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