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September gave us some really spooky weather. Nights had a definite
autumnal feel and mornings were chilly and misty as one might expect. A heavy dew meant there were
slugs on the prowl until mid morning and I was able to murder large numbers of
them. There was a strange squall on the10th that only lasted for half an hour
but blew down trees and frazzled the leaves of shrubs to a crisp. For the last
two weeks we had very low light levels and warm cloudy days that threatened to
drop heavy rain without it actually happening. September, in fact has been our driest
month to date.
I re-sowed a number of crops
this month but the misty conditions meant that there were many nights on which slugs
could take full advantage. Lettuces at the two leaf stage were again destroyed
completely and several of the remaining carrots have large holes down most of
their length. On the plus
side, Purslane was completely unaffected by slugs and I will be sowing more of
this next season. There has been a slow down in
damage to the brassicas and courgettes but I feel this is because they are now
big enough or old enough to better withstand attack. Colder nights have also
kept slug activity down.
Once again, Slug Stoppa has spectacularly failed to live up
to expectation and provided no defence against slugs or snails whatsoever.
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