In article >,
flitterbit > wrote:

> > Sounds like slugs? Try some flat pans of beer.
> >
> >
> I have the same problem with chard as Janet does, and it only started up
> a few years ago. It's not slugs as far as I'm aware; these aren't slime
> trails, and there's no evidence of slugs anywhere else in my vegetable
> garden, which is in a series of 12-inch-tall Trex-framed raised beds,
> and I rotate my crops on a 4-year cycle so there shouldn't be any pest
> buildup in the soil.
>
> Rather, the marks look like the result of larvae burrowing through the
> leaves, but I've yet to see *any* insect of any kind anywhere around my
> chard, so have no idea what pest I might be dealing with.
>
> BTW, what I've found that works best for slugs (not that I've had any
> for the past decade) is copper. Years ago I bought a bunch of copper
> pot scrubbers (remember Kurly Kate?), stretched them into largish
> circles, laid them on the soil and planted the seedlings in the centre;
> never saw another slug.

I'll have to try that. I don't have a LOT of slugs, but they are around.

Never had the burrowing problem. My issue here is with cabbage worms.
I've spent a lot of time hand-picking the damned things off the plants
at dawn!

I need to try some BT next time I grow them and broccoli.
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