What Pest Do Deal With In Garden ?

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June bugs.. They strip my climbing rose down to stems every year and do a real number on the rose of sharrons too! In the veggies, slugs - tiny little bitty slugs - were all over my spinach and lettuces. I'm pretty sure that despite my thorough washing.. I may have eaten one or two in the big spinach frittata.. :eek: They apparently aren't poisonous.
 

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What's wrong nyboy? You eat snails-escargot. Slugs smaller version without the shell........
 

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The most persistent pests this year are slugs, on the strawberries and cabbage.
But I found two tomato hornworms this morning, so we'll see how that goes. I never spray for horn worms, since they can be picked off. It can be just a few worms doing a great amount of damage, so hand picking seems to make more sense than spraying.
 

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The most persistent pests this year are slugs, on the strawberries and cabbage.
But I found two tomato hornworms this morning, so we'll see how that goes. I never spray for horn worms, since they can be picked off. It can be just a few worms doing a great amount of damage, so hand picking seems to make more sense than spraying.
Beer in a cup placed at ground level definitely works to catch slugs and snails.
 

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I have never eaten escargot. my friend loves it and orders every time t on a menu
What can I say......first no road kill, now no snails. Do you really want your man card taken?
 
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