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| Can you spot the slugs? |
Taunted by the fact that my first round of security measures (the bottle trap and plastic cup barrier) did not work, the thought that whatever was eating my bush bean leaves weighed heavily on my mind and even after sprinkling coffee ground around the newly sprouted bush bean leaves I had to go take a look once night fell and the air grew cold outside lest the coffee grounds did not work like the bottle trap and cup barrier, I just had to know what it was my bush beans were up against.
I snuck outside with a light, lo and behold what did I see? Slugs, SLugs and more SLUGS! Indeed there were many hungry slugs. Would the coffee ground method work? I had yet to know, the bottle trap method which I thought would surely work did not. There was not much I could do but I went happily to bed simply knowing what it was I was up against, the battle was half won now.
It seems the plastic cup barrier worked in a way, most of the slugs seem to be outsides of the cup. Whether they were smart enough to bypass the barrier by passing under it is another question entirely.
Awoke this morning, and went straight out into the yard to check out if those sluggish slugs had somehow hopped over the coffee ground and ate more bush bean leaves. I looked at the leaves carefully and what did I find? The coffee ground had indeed worked! Like a charm too! Not a new leaf touched or anymore eaten off the already harmed leaves, this gave great relief but now the question is... how long will the coffee ground last? I do not plan to sprinkle any more any time soon for the extreme amounts of nitrogen in the coffee ground will do harm to the bush beans eventually. Another method of trapping these slugs must be found out! I must say that I am pretty pleased that I've planted most everything else in containers or pots placed half way into the ground, I am sure that it has saved those fortunate sprouts from sluggish tauntings *whew!
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