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| They are 1/2" or so long, blackish, and were crawling all over the seedlings. I think I have seen them before on the underside of boards left in the garden. |
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| Half inch could certainly be young slugs, and here in the slug capitol of the world they come in several colors... Do you think they are slugs (easy to identify) or do you suspect something else? If slugs, you'd better get some bait out (many choices of environmentally friendly or otherwise at any garden center) or you won't have your seedlings for long. Another way to deal with them is to go out after dark with a flashlight, armed with a spray bottle of approx 1 part household ammonia to 4 parts water - spritz on the slug and it's dead in a heartbeat, ammonia/water won't harm your seedlings....just don't spray on plants in the heat of the mid day sun and that isn't when you would be finding slugs anyway. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Young slug
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