Gardening

Ruthless reaction to slugs and snails

If you don’t mind getting wet,
do put on a sturdy pair of old
shoes, and go out in the rain to
stomp slugs and snails,

I hate to be so ruthless, but as
you know, if not kept in check
these things play havoc with your
garden! I’ve just come inside,
much wetter than I’d intended, but
one slug led to another, until my
T-shirt was soaked, and I’m sure I
only scratched the surface of the
slug kingdom. They were out in
force this morning!

Talking about predators, if you
have jagged holes in things such as
zinnia leaves and lettuces you may
be harbouring ear-wigs. An “‘envir-
onmentally friendly” earwig trap
may be made from an empty tin,
filled with crumbled newspa-
per, and upended on a fairly short
Stick.

Place such cans in areas being
nibbled, and each morning take
Out a tub of hot water, and shake
Out the newspaper over it.

Earwigs can’t swim, not in hot
water anyway! Some of you may
remember the neat earwig traps
given me by Jack L. of Saanichton.
I have two of them in action in the
garden, plus two tin-can-and-
paper ones, so beware all earwigs!

I do seem to be hard on the

‘| hate to be so
ruthless, but as you
Know, if not kept in
check these things

play havoc with
your garden!’

wildlife this morning, but today I
feel its THEM or ME!, and I’m
bigger, and a great deal meaner, so
watch it, you wretched bugs!

Several calls of interest, one
from a man who sounded quite
desperate, asking if I knew of an
easy way to shell broad beans. I
don’t, and have always found this
to be a tedious job, but, of course,
filled with satisfaction when fin-
ished.

Mind you, my fingernails
remain torn and pale green for
weeks afterwards! I’m teasing, of
course! Any ideas on this would
be appreciated!

Phyllis Tomlin (652-5527)
would like to know if there is a
way to keep cones from closing up
when they get wet. After hashing
this over briefly we decided that
spraying then with a coat of ven-
eer; Or even dipping cones in hot
wax, or perhaps melted fat would
keep them open permanently.
Anyone else with a better idea
might give Mrs. Tomlin a call.

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I can’t remember if I told you

greenhouse, but a name worth

thReview Wednesday, June 17,1992 — Ais)

unless you plan to grow them in a

remembering for next spring.

The squashes and cucumbers
Started in those neat gadgets called
~ Wall of Water” have got away to
a real headstart, compared to the
ones started without the benefit of
their warming atmosphere.

This year I have also utilized |
some stiff plastic, (formerly used
to make a roof over tuberous
begonias) to make a wall around
other cukes, and some of the
tomatoes. I bent two pieces, about
18 inches high and two feet long,
around in a circle, holding the
overlapping joints in place with
sticks, and securing this further by
holding them together with
clothes-pegs.

This proved to be a good idea
-not only did it keep the plants”
warmer, but it kept off chilling
breezes, and foiled the slugs and
snails, several of which I located,
wandering rather forlornly around
on the outside of the plastic walls
trying in vain to find an opening.
(Foiled them, for once, the beasts!)

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that I am conducting an experi-
ment (you can’t really call it a
“scientific” one) in the vegetable
garden.

On one part of the corn and
onion patches I have used my
favorite fertilizer, i.e., 13-16-10: on
the adjoining section I have used
the organic fertilizer I talked about
in an earlier column, and next to
that (a considerably smaller sec-
tion) I left unfertilized.

I did this two weeks ago, and, as
of today there appears to be no
difference at all. Wouldn’t that jar
you! Perhaps our soil has been so
well nourished over the years there
is no need for outside help ...
sounds rather grand, doesn’t it? I
think we better wait awhile longer
to see what happens next, don’t
you?

The gentleman who was fed-up
with shelling broad beans says that
Peter Seabrook (a famous English
gardener) claims the tomato called
“Daybreak” is the best there is. It
is a bit late to start tomatoes now,

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mower

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