| hi everyone, Im having problems with my basil this year, well actually I think it's slaters eating them. I planted two seedlings in a tub, they were just getting up and running, then one morning I discovered one of them was completely gone, just a stub in the ground. I figured, no problem, I still have another one, and then a number of days later, it was toppled, just lying on top of the soil. I searched around for snails and slugs, couldnt see any, and I dont have a problem with them in my garden, but when I pulled back the straw mulch, and the tub is just crawling with slaters! I mean it's just alive with them. do you think it's the slaters eating my basil seedlings?
I have two more seedlings ready to go in now, but Im too scared to plant them in there. should I get rid of the slaters? and how do i do it without pesticides? I tried the scrunching up wet paper trick, theyre supposed to crawl inside it so I could dispose of them, but no these slaters are too clever for that, theyre all sitting underneath it.
any suggestions? btw, I grow my basil in compost so that's whats in the tub and why the slaters, but I have pots and tubs with other basil plants just the same, and they arent being bothered at all. |
