Jugs are OUT!

deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b

8 years ago

I finally got my jugs out. Wanted to share photos in case it helped anybody. Last year I had a big slug problem and lost too many seedlings. This year I've elevated the jugs. The handle of an old garden cart broke off, so that cart now makes a perfect jug holder. I have some oven grates from an oven that had to be replaced. Before the installers carted it off I grabbed all the grates just for this purpose. I've got the oven grates elevated just with firewood. Everything is off the ground and much safer from slugs now! In addition, the big pile of firewood by them shelter the jugs from our strongest winds which blow off the water. They stay safe and wind-free. One day that stack will be gone, but for now we've got so many damaged trees still to take out I think I'm going to have a pile for at least a couple more years. We've maxed out multiple firewood stacks around the yard, there's no place to put these logs, and we've got more to cut this spring. We're running the fireplace and wood stove like mad just to open up room to stack all the logs!

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gagalzone8

8 years ago

Wow! glad to see this! I did not think about slugs. I think I have mine in a safe location.

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Skip1909
8 years ago
I will be so disappointed if all my seedling get eaten by slugs or anything else. Good luck this year great use of the cart!
deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b thanked Skip1909
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deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b
Original Author
8 years ago
Slugs are one of my yearly WS issues. They aren't out when the first seeds starts germinating, but later on they wake up. I'm assuming they crawl through the water slits on the bottom. I've found them hiding on the side between the dirt and the jug, just waiting for nightfall so they can crawl to the top and eat all those yummy seedlings. When you had seedlings, and then one day all you have left are little green rods sticking out of the soil, you know it was slugs.
bella rosa
8 years ago
I like your little carts. Where did you get them from?
deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b thanked bella rosa
ellenr22 - NJ - Zone 6b/7a
8 years ago
i had slugs one year. Found that this product, escar-go, from Gardens Alive worked superbly.

https://www.gardensalive.com/product/escar-go-slug-snail-control
deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b thanked ellenr22 - NJ - Zone 6b/7a
Skip1909
8 years ago
How does that stuff work, is it a powder or granule you broadcast around your plants?
deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b thanked Skip1909
deanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b
Original Author
8 years ago
So sorry I forgot to respond, bella! I got the garden cart from my local TruValue hardware store, brand unknown, for $100, but I must say I have not been pleased. I got it in 2016, and by June of 2017 (which is the beginning of our planting season way up here) the steering mechanism had broken off of the front wheel axle. I paid an additional $40 to have it welded back together, and by August the steering handle had broken again in a different spot. The cart was extremely handy, so I wanted to replace it. Next time I bought a bigger Gorilla cart from Lower. The gorilla cart has a plastic bin, so I'm hoping that helps with the issue, i.e. on the mesh cart all rainwater washed through to the axles, etc. But, it means I can't let things stay in the cart when it rains because it will capture all the rain. I'm pleased that the mesh one has a perfect purpose in holding my jugs up off the ground from both slugs and wind, so at least my $100 didn't go to waste after it broke. Still, I would have much preferred to use it for WS jugs AND in the garden in summer. If they had told me it would last only one season I sure wouldn't have spent $100 on it!
bella rosa
8 years ago
Thanks Deanna for the info.