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Garden Gate:  my cilantro did not last a week - help please  |
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missmuffcake
Farmgirl in Training
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kendy
modesto
ca
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 Posted - May 30 2010 : 11:38:06 AM
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I am really new to gardening. I received a eggplant start last week and was so happy I went out and bought cilantro. The day after I planted the cilantro I found snails - tiny and big! So I did some research and tried some coffee grounds...I thought that would help and I would have cilantro for our tofu tacos this weekend...Nope. I woke up this morning and the whole plant was gone covered in snail slime.  Big fail and I am bummed.
My boyfriend's solution is: spray! I want to keep my lil garden organic. What are some things to try. I uprooted and tossed the cilantro and want to try again after I get some tips.
My eggplant seemed to have attracted a few pests but that stopped. Could I use a mild dish soap/water mix on the young leaves to help keep them away?
Thanks!
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Edited by - missmuffcake on May 30 2010 6:34:41 PM |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - May 30 2010 : 4:31:10 PM
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Kendy, use some pie tins with beer in them, snails and slugs love to drink it, but it kills them, you can place them all over your gardens and no poisen!
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missmuffcake
Farmgirl in Training
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kendy
modesto
ca
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Posted - May 30 2010 : 6:35:19 PM
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I will crack open a Fat Tire for the snails this week! Thank you!
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 30 2010 : 7:23:59 PM
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you can also use DE. it is rough and cuts the snail. sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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knead2garden
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ashley
Spring City
TN
USA
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Posted - May 31 2010 : 05:12:16 AM
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Beer works in a can for us, too!
~Ashley
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
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Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2010 : 4:06:03 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by missmuffcake
I will crack open a Fat Tire for the snails this week! Thank you!
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Candy C.
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quiltin mama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Crescent City
CA
USA
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Posted - Jun 02 2010 : 09:05:08 AM
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If you're looking for a cheap alternative (unless you have old beer hangning around)you canbuy cheap salt at the store (ya know, the kind that's like 65cents for a container) and make a large ring aroung your cilantro plant. Trust me, the bugs won't cross it- well, unless they WANT to die.
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missmuffcake
Farmgirl in Training
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kendy
modesto
ca
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my cilantro did not last a week - help please
