Re: Lettuces

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:51:50 +0000, cookyfemale
<cookyfemale.1tz7kf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>I need advice about my lettuces please, I'm trying to grow a variety
>that should grow all year round in patio pots, my prob is something
>keeps eating them when they are small. Is it slugs and if so would
>covering them over at night with something help?
>Tracy.

Could be slugs but you'd normally see some evidence of them, i.e.
slime trails on the sides of your pots. Some birds are very fond of
them too (esp. pigeons) and they get up a lot earlier than we do.
Unless you've a great antipathy to using them, scatter a few mini slug
pellets around the plants and rig up some kind of netting over the
pots to keep the birds off.

.

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