i have slugs

One close up of the Golden mulch.

My moss roses.

so pretty!
thank you Venice for keeping me honest :)

Thank you!

I was mistaken. The photos were under Beginner Gardening Questions:
Is one color of mulch better than another?

My flowers are a bit puny this year because we had damaging hail a couple of months ago and apartment landscapers sprayed weed killer too close to my flowers and seedlings.

I enjoyed your beautiful photo's Venice;-) Have you tried growing the "moss rose" in the ground there?

Rachel, see that photo at 9:17. I receive some moss rose starts and they are to the lower right of that photo. There are some better ones not in the photo. But they haven't had a chance to grow much yet.

My flower beds were in such a mess after the hail, that I just gave up and used some pots. The sweet potato vines were in a pot but I cut them up into 5 pieces and planted them. Pretty good for 99 cents! I am going to fertilize with MG Bloom Booster so that should get them all blooming better. There is a bush to the far left that I can get to bloom again but it looks pretty tired this year.

Nice flowers Venice
SHH I have cypress mulch and red too.
I also like preen, beats all the weeds in the garden. I use it first thing in the spring after the flowers come up. Stop using it before the plants get seeds.

I'll get the invite back to you tonight, Venice. I thought your flowers were beautiful. I love moss roses. We have grown them for years and never a problem. This year they would not grow or do anything. Guess thats gardening. I really liked the bed with the tomatoes. Everything looked so healthy.

jjs, I tell you what I'd do. I used to like blackberry cobbler but didn't like the seed in my teeth, so I just putter in and swallowed. Same with the cherry pits. Gulp. Seeds in teeth don't bother me now, I just pullem out before I eat the cobbler.

I don't like the colored mulch, personally. I use the pine bark mulch. I did use some red mulch this year on one side. I bought so much mulch the guy started giving me his busted sacks. If its free use it. I'm hoping they'll trim under the power lines this fall and I'll get a couple of loads of that for free.

Ever tried to cut a hole in a 60# bale of hay? Not the easiest thing I ever did. Everyone told me to just stick the tomatoe plant in the hay but ole Jim had a better idea. Cut a hole, insert tomatoe and fill with potting soil. Next time I'll try it their way. What I'm wondering is how a tomatoe survives. When I got down to about four inchs, that hay was hot. It was alread real mushy. Maybe it'll cool down before I plant.

Moon is pretty sharp, Lynnie. What she told you sounded nice. Boy you have a lot of work ahead.

OK, Venice, the invite is back in your mailbox.

Jim I'm with you on dyed mulch, the guy at the nursery told me not to use it, just use natural mulch so it will break down & replenish the soil over time. So that's what I do. He gives me advice and when he finds me wandering around the shade section of the store he kicks me back into the sun section...he's seen my yard.

It will be a lot of work, but that's ok....

I was thinking of putting one of those rocks in my conifer bed and putting harry lauder by it......harry has to move this fall.

Coffee's on
Venice where are those chocolate filled donuts

Jim why do you plant tomatos in bale of hay? Never heard of that. How would they grow without dirt?
Glad to hear you wouldn't spit out my pie.

I worried about the dye but the red looked sooo good next to my cobalt colored house!

I would hate to think how much mulch it would take for your yard Jim!

Lynnie do you ever sleep in?? Btw while you're at the gym do a couple extra reps for me, Ya know I'd do them myself but no gym for miles. LOL (DH just choked musta been a seed)

Lynnie why go to the gym...just go out an roll some of those boulders around. Was that a semi trailer that brought them to you?
I'm starting to get real envious of all these Huge yards. Mine is looking like a postage stamp.
Gotta go mow now that should stop the envy.

oh i want a chocolate filled doughnut!
JJ I was thinking Jim planted the tomatoes in dirt then used hay around them...but if it's hard to cut through a bale, how could the roots grow through it? Jim will have to explain to the city chick what he does.
My house is yellow, I tried red, then black mulch, the natural brown looks so much better so it's win win. I don't like yellow much, this house was bright yellow when we bought it, it's faded to a much nicer buttery color.
little one climbed into the bed this morning & it's like having a rabid squirrel next to you...after I got punched & kicked for a bit I got up
next time at the gym I'll count 1 for me 1 for JJ

I don't know how the kind man got them here, they were here after work one day, like magic.
That trailer was what brought the bobcat here.
I was tempted to try to push a couple of them around, I don't think the neighbors would bat an eye, they just ask what I'm up to now.
oh my husband just told me his friend brought them with his dump truck.

Thanx Lynnie, I'll let you know when I've had enough. Wouldn't want to get to trim.lol
FYI when the kids are gone you won't miss the kicking B'cause the grandkids are doing it. Gotta go
Enjoy your day

From the look of your pic I would'nt think you had any neighbors.
I thought you lived out in the country with that big yard.
I'm sure when you get done it will be the envy of all.

nope, it's a subdivision, used to be a tobacco farm...each house is on an acre, which is huge to a city chick.

This is how it's done: Cover the top of the bale of hay with plant lime. Soak the hay for seven days. Cover the top of the hay with 8-8-8 and soak the hay for seven more days. Your ready to plant. Two plants to the bale of hay. You can plant directly into the hay but I elected to cut out holes and use potting soil to start the tomatoes. The holes are about 4x4x4 inchs. The tomatoes send out roots into the decomposing hay and that is what feeds the plant. You have to keep the hay wet at all times.

This is a first for me but saw it done by a friend. He had some of the finest tomatoes I've seen. I'm doing mine in the green house because I want to have tomatoes for Christmas when my daughter comes home. You can also raise peppers, egg plant or I suppose any type plant like this. My only worry is that the hay is really hot inside right now as it breaks down. I'm going to keep watering and give it time to break down a little further.

Jim, I really don’t know what is going on with my computer. I sign in to Kodak and click on your slide show and all I get is a black screen doing nothing. Earlier I noticed all my pop-ups were blocked so I changed that to allow Kodak. Still nothing! I will have to examine all my settings later. I am really tired of coming up with nothing.

Yesterday, before Kitty walked on my keyboard, I did see some of your photos. Really like your yard. So much space! And your grass is so green. Your flower beds are so nice and a wonderful variety of plants. That red bush is sure striking. Are those white roses on your arched trellis? You really have a wonderful area to grow things. Where do you plant all your veggies?

The price of tomatoes, the good ones, at our farmer’s market is $1.99 a pound! I wish I had gotten more veggie plants when they were real cheap after the hail.

I have a sick plant I posted under this same forum -- Why is my verbascum wilting?

Maybe one of you will know what is wrong with it. It had one slug on a leaf and nothing since. Do slugs disappear and just go to the roots? I will post that photo here also.

Venice, I'm sorry you are having trouble looking at the photos. I am computer illeterate. I fertilized my yard heavily last year with 13x13x13 and came back this year with 200#'s of plant lime and a light dose of 8x8x8. We also have had pleanty of rain this summer up until the middle of June. The red plant I thank you like is an azalea. It was here when we bought the house and it never fails to bloom. If it was a low plant it was red verbena. We have some of that and a lot of purple verbena. Those are white Lady Banks roses on the two small trellises. I thought they looked really pretty this year. We planted them last year and this is the first time to bloom. I do all my gardening in raised beds. One of the albums is of the garden if you get where you can view. I have two beds 40'x5' and one 24'x5'. It is amazing how much you can raise if you use your imagination. Jo and I have lived out of those beds since May. If I could have gotten $2 a pound for all the tomatoes I gave away I could take a good long vacation this fall. All of my produce has done exceptional.

I didn't know what your plant was so I googled it. It is going to be beautiful. On the site I viewed it said it needed full sun and regular watering but not to over water. I'm thinking by looking at the photo it might be a little wet. Just a guess though. I hope it comes out and blooms for you.

Have a good day.

So you don't think slugs have gone under ground for the roots of my plant? Well, when my plants wilt, I water them. Maybe it had too much water. But the leaves are awful, all wilted and shriveled. I guess I won't water it for a while. It sure doesn't look good though.

Oh yes, your daughter must live about 1 1/2 hours away from where I live.

I copied all your good info just in case one of these days I might have some space to grow veggies. Thanks.

I will try to get my computer to work right tomorrow. I don't have any more patience for it today.

I don't think slugs feed on roots. All I have ever known them to do is come out at night and feed on foliage. They'll hide down there under the mulch. Maybe someone else will pick up on this if I'm telling you wrong.

Thanks for the slug info.

There are only 2 leaves now that have not been affected. I have never seen a plant turn so fast, especially when it was SO healthy a few weeks ago. It looks like romaine lettuce that has been left on the counter for one week! The worst leaves look a bit white-ish so I sprayed it. I guess I may end up killing that plant one way or another!

I don't think slugs go underground to eat roots either...Venice try your question on a new thread, not too many people stop by here ;)

I started a new thread under this forum and have received 0 responses!

more people may be on tomorrow, give it another day or so...

Thanks. Will do!

I wish I could help you but I'm not familiar with that plant at all...

Good morning everyone. Welcome Venice. I've never heard of slugs feeding on roots either. Of course those little monsters may have pooled their slimy little brains and figured a way to do it! :-)
Sorry no help on your plant. I've never had one of them.

It was HOT here over the weekend. I think I'm about ready for fall

Morning Cat. Hot and sunny here, today. Got hospital visits today. See you guys later.

Hi Gang, I forgot to mention that jjsgramma emailed me Sunday that her son had a motercycle accident. They had air lifted him to a bigger hospital. Were doing a CAT scan to determine the extent of injuries. He was concious. Haven't heard since. Sure they are where he is so might be a while before we hear. Will keep you posted if I hear anything.

Thanks for letting us know Jim. I'm sure everyone on here will add him to their thoughts and prayers. Sending good "vibes"!!

Venice, verbascum prefer to be a bit on the dry side, so sometimes they get a bit droopy if it gets too wet. Don't baby them, kindness killed the first batch I planted. They really are members of the weed and seed group.grin

Jim, Lynnie, Rachel, I read 750 posts just to say hello. so, Hello.
Jim, this is a picture of my Brugmansia...angel trumpet

I like that. We used to have two pink ones but they died on us. Didn't no what they were. This was probably 20 years ago.

hello & welcome Moon & i admire your perseverance!

Jim, mine are planted in the ground here. If you put some of your tomato straw over the root system, you could probably grow them there.Grin

Hey, you read the other one...turn about is fair play. Didn't want it to be like coming in to the theater 15 minutes after the movie starts. And, in keeping with custom....some mighty big slugs you all got here. grin

Can't spare the straw. Like maters better than angel trumpets. Had pine straw over the last ones but didn't help. Just got to cold that winter.

Jim I'm glad to hear jj's son was conscious, that's good.
It's pretty hot & sunny here today. I'm more wilted than Venice's verbascum ;)

Every time I look at that poor flower/weed it looks worse and worse. The lower leaves are starting to dry up now. I should place bets on when my flower is going to totally give up! lol

I wasn't sure what pine straw was but I just watched a video on the Internet of it being laid down. It is pretty fluffy light-weight stuff.

I was wondering what I should cover my flowers with in the fall because I lost a few perennials last winter.