Tomatoville® Gardening Forums - View Single Post - I've been dragged (against my will) into the organic way of growing

Lilypon · August 18, 2008

Tania I've hand picked the itsy bitsy slugs we've got here but I'd have nightmares over the monsters you have there.

We hand pick (and squish) the tater bugs and cabbage worms at our patch (and it's pretty clear of bugs) but around us many aren't (a number of my fellow gardeners there are too old to lift up every leaf). I was wondering if there was something organic that can be used at this late point (on the other patches).

The flea beetles are too small and too fast for hand picking (and they come back as soon as the spraying stops).

August 18, 2008	#3
Lilypon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 303	Tania I've hand picked the itsy bitsy slugs we've got here but I'd have nightmares over the monsters you have there. We hand pick (and squish) the tater bugs and cabbage worms at our patch (and it's pretty clear of bugs) but around us many aren't (a number of my fellow gardeners there are too old to lift up every leaf). I was wondering if there was something organic that can be used at this late point (on the other patches). The flea beetles are too small and too fast for hand picking (and they come back as soon as the spraying stops). __________________ "At the heart of gardening there is a belief in the miraculous" Mirabel Osler Last edited by Lilypon; August 18, 2008 at 05:28 PM.