slaters

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slaters brucef 03-07-2007
Posted by on March 7, 2007, 9:21 pm
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Last weekend I planted about 5 punnets of seedlings. Of these I have
four surviving basil (Ocimum L.) plants and a tomato. The coriander (Coriandrum L.) went first.
The lettuce (Lactuca L.) was looking good for about 4 or 5 days, then overnight
I lost everything except a couple of stalks. The parsley (Petroselinum J. Hill) is dead too,
but that could be the heat.

Can't be sure, but I suspect slaters. There are thousands of the
things, but they don't seem to do any harm to established plants,
only seedlings.

Anyone have any tips for controlling slaters? I was thinking of
protecting the seedlings with plastic domes cut from drink
bottles until they are strong enough to look after themselves.

The slaters seem to do a good job of breaking things down,
I just don't want them to break down my seedlings.


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