Am I sad that I found my glass bottle empty of slugs in hopes to catch the culprit who have been munching on my new baby bush bean leaves? Yes, just a little bit. Life could have been that much easier simply knowing what it was but fate has planned it otherwise *sigh.
Here you can see where my bush bean leaves have been eaten. The fact that the leaves have been eaten closer to the ground tells me they are not birds but something from the ground, hence my suspicions of those sluggish slugs!
So now for another round of security measures. I don't quite know for sure whether or not it is slugs since I failed to catch any in my bottle trap, I suppose the slugs could have crawled from under the earth right near the bush bean and thus missed the bottle entirely, so here is to one last try! Coffee ground.
Slugs hate Coffee ground and should keep them at bay if I sprinkle just a bit around the bush bean, this would only be a temporary solution as I can't sprinkle acidic coffee ground everyday on bush bean grounds since too much nitrogen may do these growing babies harm as well, but instead will use this method to try and figure out what the heck is eating those dainty little leaves. If the leaves are not further nibbled on after sprinkling coffee ground then I'll be able to say with confidence "those damn slugs!" And I do look forward to it :)
Read the results In An Effort To Save The Bush Beans, Part III: Slugs
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