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Beginner Gardening: What steals your time in the garden?, 1 by pirl

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pirl wrote:
Even the red tomato plastic is a haven for slugs.

As you plant each squash/melon/cucumber put a spotlessly clean can (both ends removed) over the baby plant. Push it down an inch or two. It will keep the slugs and cutworms away from the stem - the most vulnerable part.

I hate slugs and deer.