Ammonia water spray, slug bait, and beer traps are some of the most effective ways of eradicating slugs.
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Gardentalk – Season finale on fall clean up of yard and garden, bringing in perennials
Remove all dead and dying vegetation so that it doesn’t turn into prime slug habitat. And, don’t forget to bring in your begonias, dahlias and fuschias for the winter.
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Gardentalk – Spring clean up
Pull off boughs and covers from planting beds, scratch up the soil, and remove debris. Clear plastic can be placed over soil and planting beds to warm up the soil before planting. Cabbage and tomatoes should be started indoors now.
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Gardentalk – The best slug birth control is a clean garden
Those dying and yellowing plants that you have in your garden? Get rid of them, or they’ll just become prime habitat for egg-laying slugs this fall.
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Gardentalk – How to get a handle on persistent pest; food festival preview
Root maggots, slugs and wooly bear caterpillars continue to be spotted in Juneau yards and gardens. Food Festival is Saturday, Aug. 26 at JACC.
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Gardentalk – Slugs are back!
Slug bait, beer traps, and an old pair of scissors are the most popular weapons in the war on slugs. Also, don’t forget about the Garden Tours on Saturday.
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Gardentalk – Keeping garden pests at bay
European currant worms, spruce aphids and slugs are some of the pests that have emerged in the Juneau area again this spring.
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Gardentalk – Cabbage root maggot
Use light weight, Reemay garden fabric to protect vegetables from the cabbage root maggot. Clean up garden beds thoroughly and use bait to prevent the spread of slugs.
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Gardentalk – Porcupine and buttercups
Recent Gardentalk segments include how to defend your garden from the ravages of porcupine and a feature of popular plants in the buttercup family.
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Gardentalk – Pests
Imported currant worms, slugs, aphids, and root maggots have been spotted in Juneau gardens this season.
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