Comments on: Dealing With Pests In a Container Garden: Snails and Slugs

By: Plants on Deck

Plants on Deck — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:35:02 +0000

Fortunately, slugs aren’t a big problem for me on my roofdeck, but my gardening comrade has found beer to be an irresistible draw to his slug enemies. He buries a small container (say a cat food tin) until the lip is about level with the soil. The slimy things climb right in.

By: Dealing With Pests In A Container Garden: Caterpillars

Dealing With Pests In A Container Garden: Caterpillars — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:56:26 +0000

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By: Organic Snail and Slug Control - Killing Snails and Slugs Naturally — North Coast Gardening

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:23:45 +0000

[...] If you’re a container gardener, head on over to Life on the Balcony’s post on avoiding snails in containers. [...]

By: Fern

Fern — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:21:53 +0000

Tasha–Most likely you inadvertantly carried them up there in plants you purchased at the nursery. Try the tips outlined in this post, or try and find a product called “Sluggo,” and follow the directions on the package.

By: Tasha

Tasha — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:08:24 +0000

I live on the 16th floor of my highrise building in the city and I have just discovered slugs in my terrace (large potted) flower garden. How in the World did the slugs get to the 16th floor (which is actually the 18th if you count the street and parking floors) of a highrise? Its so disgusting because I hated these little buggers when I was younger and they were always in the backyard. How can I get rid of them all the way up here? I think I’m going to cry because they’re eating all of the leaves. All I wanted was some greenery with my city skyline.

By: Dealing With Pests In a Container Garden: Squirrels

Dealing With Pests In a Container Garden: Squirrels — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:03:24 +0000

[...] in container gardens. First up was one of the grossest pests around: snails and slugs. I shared my snail control ideas, and you all shared some great ideas [...]

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:05:42 +0000

The sluggo’s the stuff. There are other brands, too – it’s just iron phosphate. Nobody seems to believe it works because the snails don’t die right there, but it works great – they stop eating and crawl away to die. Cruel, but, what can you do?

BT (bacillus thuringiensis) for caterpillars, but be careful – kill all the caterpillars and you won’t have any butterflies.

By: sdat

sdat — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:39:40 +0000

Speaking of pests — Cats. I’m having a problem with the neighborhood cat using the large pot housing my rose bush for a litter box. I plan on replacing the soiled layer of topsoil, and putting down large (4″ or so?), smooth beach rocks to discourage it.

By: Fern

Fern — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:11:47 +0000

Deborah — I’ll have to keep an eye out for sluggo and try it out myself. I always like to have a lot of weapons in my arsenal when it comes to pests. They drive me nuts!!!

Tyrel–Good tip! I love free, especially when it actually improves the soil.

khatlin — Good point about the leaf bridges. They can be a problem for me since many of my pots have plants spilling over the side. For that reason, I sometimes put the diatomaceous earth on the ground in addition to the dirt.

By: khatlin

khatlin — Sun, 24 May 2009 06:24:21 +0000

We have had a ton of rain in the South, and the slugs are out in disgusting masses. So far I’ve had good luck using a mix of eggshells, coffee grounds and diatomaceous earth on the soil around the rim of my containers. Just make sure that there aren’t any leafy bridges that the slugs can get over. We go out at night and ambush any nasties that get past our defenses. I say we, but I really mean that I point them out and my husband deals with them.