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Benny Thompson replied to the discussion nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to? in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to?
Well that’s actually a great question because, come to think about it, I haven’t seen any of the harvest with slug damage. In the last harvest of 500 heads of lettuce, we found 2 slugs on 2 different heads, which probably means there’s another 10 heads with slugs that we didn’t see. However, there was no slug damage…maybe they were going for…
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Benny Thompson replied to the discussion nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to? in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to?
Thanks!
I’ve wondered which pests can be completely made benign by nutrient management and which ones are only diminished. We have very little pest pressure in general, but I want perfection.
When we built the farm 3 years ago, we wanted to get ducks but landlady said no. I’ll ask again!
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Benny Thompson replied to the discussion nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to? in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to?
Thank you! The last sap analysis showed slight deficiency in iron. We’ve tried to correct it and will be getting our next sap results in a week.
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Tom Zogas replied to the discussion nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to? in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to?
Can you say more about which plants are being eaten, where the feeding is happening, and which stage of maturity the plants are in?
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Tom Zogas replied to the discussion wetting agent / surfactant for Kale foliar spray in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
wetting agent / surfactant for Kale foliar spray
Hey I’m not sure about this, but, maybe fish emulsion? Last night I sprayed a few trays of kale before transplanting. I was in a hurry and dumped some fish and micros in a spray bottle – kind of a lot of fish for a foliar, I just gave it a glug. I noticed that it really coated the leaves and stuck, more than I would have expected. These… Read more
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