Friday, December 11, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 6986 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating These slimy guys are relentless... Look what I found when I was making my rounds tonight. These darn slugs are relentless in their quest to eat all my brugs!Although I applied snail and slug bait in my primary growing areas, I did not treat all the independent brugmansias growing in my yard. That's where I found these guys eating away tonight. Unfortunately for them it ended up being their last supper... Categories:Garden PestsCreatures Tags:Brugmansiacreaturesgarden pestsslugs Read more
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7029 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating A deadline you do not want to meet.. Last night when I was out making my rounds, I came across several additional large slugs amongst my brugmansia seedlings. Now I know why the slugs are so large. Not only are they eating my Angel Trumpets, they are eating the fertilizer I recently applied as well!!!Finding so many large slugs in such a short period of time convinced me that I need to resort to chemical warfare if I am going to get them under control. While I was at the growers supply store today I purchased some ... Categories:Garden PestsCreatures Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiabrugsgarden pestsslugs Read more
Saturday, November 21, 2009 / Author: Sommer Gardens / Number of views: 7443 / Comments: / Article rating: No rating Strange bedfellows...you guys really disgust me! How disgusting, two of the most hated creatures in my nursery are teaming up once again to eat all my Angel Trumpets! Thank goodness I had my trusty scissors with me, and thank goodness that they do not regenerate when cut in half. When the slugs get to be larger than my thumb like the one below, it's time to bring out the slug bait! Perfect timing too, it will be their Thanksgiving dinner! Categories:Garden PestsCreatures Tags:Angel TrumpetBrugmansiagarden pestsslugssnails Read more