tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post6978362559739289225..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: Planting LettuceDaphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-13045453980231043232009-08-06T08:39:37.990-04:002009-08-06T08:39:37.990-04:00Toni, ah for a place without slugs. If only I coul...Toni, ah for a place without slugs. If only I could get a place with rain and without slugs, but I think that is impossible. Good luck on your lettuse.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-67023345355079745992009-08-05T08:51:46.997-04:002009-08-05T08:51:46.997-04:00Hey Daphne,
Sorry to hear about your slug problem....Hey Daphne,<br />Sorry to hear about your slug problem. I've never seen a slug out here... must be too dry for them... but I DO remember them in MA.<br /><br />I recently planted more baby romaine in different squares. It's coming up! One of my romaine plants bolted just the other day... ripped that one up... very bitter!!!Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251147737253912516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-73585276432271363552009-08-05T07:11:32.474-04:002009-08-05T07:11:32.474-04:00Ribbit, I figured that too when I direct seeded th...Ribbit, I figured that too when I direct seeded the bed. It didn't work out but it was just a few lettuce seed.<br /><br />MissyM. I usually go slug hunting. I leave their dead little bodies out on the fence posts for the birds. They must like them because they don't last long in the morning.<br /><br />kitsapFG, direct sowing never works here in the summer. Too many slugs. It works great in the spring though. I often direct seed then.<br /><br />prue, in a balcony garden slugs must be the pests you just don't get. I suppose they could crawl up, but mine are always invading from the lawn.<br /><br />June, I let my brassica transplants get bigger this year than normal. I don't usually pot them up. This year I did to give them that extra size before throwing them to the slugs. Weirdly the sow bugs are eating them more than the slugs are. <br /><br />Dan, lol yup finding a space for it all is tricky. I never know if I want a plant to keep producing or I should rip it up for the space. I've got most of my fall plants in now. I have only one more succession of lettuce, one of the quick Asian greens, mache and spinach. Then I'm all done. For me it seems to never end. All the successions. Sometimes I look forward to the fall so I can quit seeding more plants.<br /><br />Stefaneener, I have nothing against it. I've never tried it. I've been a little afraid to. The slugs love the lawn. I have millions of them in there and in the woods. I'm afraid that if I put bait in the garden it would just attract more into the garden. So I've hand picked. I have thought about slug baiting the lawn around the garden. That might work. Right now the garden has less slugs than the surrounding area. My wild birds love the garden. I'm fairly sure they are helping me with slug control this year. I haven't been out handpicking recently and the slugs haven't gotten worse (well in the garden at any rate).Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-78846050253981627382009-08-05T00:50:25.327-04:002009-08-05T00:50:25.327-04:00They look good, and slugs are rotten.
How do you ...They look good, and slugs are rotten.<br /><br />How do you feel about the iron slug baits?Stefaneenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422241601075022500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-79819979054905785042009-08-04T16:46:24.646-04:002009-08-04T16:46:24.646-04:00Your lettuce starts look very good. I just seeded ...Your lettuce starts look very good. I just seeded some lettuce last week in cell packs, merlot & little gem. Now I just need to find a spot for them in a couple weeks.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-15616294748367229852009-08-04T10:23:07.472-04:002009-08-04T10:23:07.472-04:00The summer of the slugs! I've resorted to lots...The summer of the slugs! I've resorted to lots of throwing seeds into peat pots and letting them get some size before I let them meet the slugs. Abundance is not us in this garden.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630593290368661236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-18478451809670929702009-08-04T09:21:40.880-04:002009-08-04T09:21:40.880-04:00Hope it all works out. I am hopeless at getting le...Hope it all works out. I am hopeless at getting lettuce to germinate, no matter what I do it does not work. And here in the balcony garden I have a load of lettuce because I eat it every day! Lets hope the slugs kept at bay and you can enjoy lots of green goodness soon enough.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210701278846436069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-67106971720955832292009-08-04T09:07:23.136-04:002009-08-04T09:07:23.136-04:00I was just mentioning to my husband last night tha...I was just mentioning to my husband last night that I am behind on getting lettuce succession crops going! I started up some cells of lettuce several weeks ago but had terrible germination for some reason. I need to either get more seed trays going or do a direct sowing this week. Either will work and I have some open spots in the garden beds now - so probably will just direct sow. <br /><br />We always battle slugs here.kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-68704605507426495472009-08-04T08:20:52.859-04:002009-08-04T08:20:52.859-04:00We had to put out slug bait this spring.....they w...We had to put out slug bait this spring.....they were eating everything!! Your lettuce is pretty and I hope it does good.MissyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588439902120046209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-45862765832898072132009-08-04T07:54:14.616-04:002009-08-04T07:54:14.616-04:00I'm planting my lettuce today also. I think t...I'm planting my lettuce today also. I think that it may still be a bit warm here in August, but I'm hoping it will cool down quickly so they don't bolt. I figure there's a gazillion lettuce seeds in the packet so I can afford to 'waste' a few.Ribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460673212389110633noreply@blogger.com