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John Warmerdam replied to the discussion nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to? in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
Reply to nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to?
Slugs are attracted to low iron plants. There are many circumstances where a plant will be protected by the same nutrient that can kill the pest. Make sure it is in the right oxidation state that is biologically ative, as there are multiple oxidation states for iron.
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Patrick Fabian posted an update 3 years ago
Question for the group… do the non hormonal synthetic PGRs actually stop photosynthesis for a week to 10 days? Trying to find a qualified answer to this as a few in my group have heard this to be accurate, yet a few others question how you can shut down photosynthesis and keep the plant alive? If someone has an answer I would like to hear…
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Damon posted an update 3 years ago
3 years ago (edited)
It’s T time. I terminate the cover crop the olde fashioned way, I take a walk about. Trampled underfoot! Crushed it! My crop is very high value. No need for acres and acres of land. Since the crop is medicinal, no synthetic chemicals are used. It is on a very strict no-till organic diet. The cover crop seeds are organic and the water is filtered.
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Christopher Whitehorn replied to the discussion nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to? in the forum Vegetables 3 years ago
Reply to nutrient imbalance that slugs and snails are attracted to?
Not certain if there’s any specific nutrient imbalance to make your plants vulnerable to slugs, other than generally low nutrition/vigor that keeps the brix low. Have you looked into using other biocontrols? Ducks love snails and on a quarter acre you wouldn’t need many, a small flock of runners maybe 1 male and 4-6 females. The only reason…
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Benny Thompson started 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?
Hi folks,
This farm is in San Diego. 3 years ago, when we first converted a 1/4 acre of lawn to a vertical farm, we had a lot of slugs and earwigs. We used OMRI Sluggo Plus which contains iron phosphate and spinosad to care of the slugs and earwigs. In the last 6 months, we’ve tried to stop using all pesticides in general. We’ve stopped…
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