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Sat, Apr 19, 14 at 18:30
| Hi all...I'm a very novice gardener, and have started several raised beds this year using a soil mix of 40% compost and 60% sandy loam. I planted 3 bell pepper plants one week ago as transplants purchased from home depot. I noticed this morning that something has been eating the leaves of mainly the green pepper, a little bit of the red one. I can't see any thing on the leaves. I'm wondering if it might be slugs? I sprinkled some Epsom salt around them today. If any of you recognize this as something else I sure would appreciate some help! |
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| Probably slugs or earwigs. Iron phosphate pellets for the slugs or a soy sauce/oil trap for earwigs. Go out at night with a flashlight to try to identify. Kevin |
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- Posted by terry_neoh 5b (My Page) on Sat, Apr 19, 14 at 19:50
| Dusting with agricultural lime will discourage a variety of chewing pests. But it's not real pretty. |
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| A tuna can half full of beer always worked for me to get the slugs. |
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| I could be wrong, but those holes look more like tears than chewing, just some environmental damage from the wind blowing a new transplant. |
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- Posted by kalicokove 7a (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 18:53
| Thank you for the responses! Couldn't find anything crawling around at night, but I did sprinkle some epsom salt around the plant. That environmental damage may be spot on...we have had some storms here. Appreciate all your help! |
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