Slugs and snails can be a problem predator for your plants. Lots of time has gone into testing methods of preventing slugs from getting to plants, including eggshells, citrus, oatmeal, beer, gravel, sharp rocks, ashes, sand, and even bits of glass. Of all of those methods, ashes and sand seem to be the only ones [...]
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Salty and Sodic Soils
What a Gardener Can Do When Confronted with this Problem The basic idea: Salty soils will squelch the productivity of any garden unless all the plant material chosen for your garden comes specifically from seaside regions. Salty soils have a high osmotic pressure, exerting a strong pull on water, thus keeping plants thirsty. Fortunately, there [...]
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