Out door grow

[Potted]

Slugs are attracted to yeast,that’s my understanding, I use to use a shallow pie pan with beer in it to lure them away from my plants, my .02$

[oldjarhead100]

hey Campesino is that with beer in them or just empty

[Campesino]

A little beer doesn’t hurt, but they’ll go in for just the smell of beer and they can’t get out.

[Paracelsus]

In slug heaven at the bottom of a beer bottle

[oldjarhead100]

something else on the plants Ticks 3 or 4 per plant can't figure that one out unless they are predatory, they are not touching/eating the plants

yes slugs are attracted to yeast and at home I use it when I have an issue , Ill stick with d earth in the woods if we ever have a few days without rain

They do seem to hit the plant once or twice and then leave it alone

[BillBates]

Mrs. Lady, being a victim of alpha gal (a tick-borne disease) has made a study of ticks. They are indeed ambush predators. They sense heat & carbon dioxide & will drop out of trees onto us regularly. We have lost 2 dogs in the last 10 years to rocky mountain spotted tick fever (curious, as we're in the mid-atlantic coast). The chickens really help keep them in check. Guineas are even better but they're kinda dumb & all of ours wandered wandered off years ago.

[D.A.A.S.69]

BillBates, you are right about the Guineas, they are hell on ticks. Lots better than Chickens, and they are pretty good with bugs.
I love the noise Guineas, make.
Sure hate to hear about you losing your dogs. That's terrible. I've lost a couple of jim dandy coon dogs , due to BullNettle, getting in their eyes, when we were huntin. That's some bad stuff too.
LymeDisease ain't no joke either.

[oldjarhead100]

I had a squadron of the little Bastards land on my arm .no kidding I felt something crawling looked down to see one then 3 more landed ,them little things can jump a mile .

My partner has a dog and hes not bringing him in the woods because their are so many Ticks , I wish I could go in my back yard lol . I would but the law says they have to be in a fenced area ,I just dont have that kind of room, I could make room if I cut down two grape plants and 1 apple tree neither of which I'm going to do ( wife hasn't raised her voice to me in 22 years) but I think she would over that lol

[BillBates]

I stepped in a nest last year & had seed ticks all over my legs. Scratched the skin off from my ankles to my knees. We're at war!

[oldjarhead100]

That is a creepy feeling to see so many on your skin I itch all day sometimes lol

[Potted]

Happy wife= happy life😎

[BillBates]

Mrs. Lady & I have been talking about getting some more guineas as mercenaries but unless we can restrict them to the yard, there's really no point.

[Tika]

Opossum are great tick eaters...too

[BillBates]

As much as I like them, opossums are also chicken killers. Mrs. Lady ain't havin' none o' that!

[oldjarhead100]

I dont mind the ticks on the plants ,I just dont like them on me lol from the sign in the areas I have possums,turkeys and other small critters

[D.A.A.S.69]

I heard that OJH, when them ticks get on your codz, you in trouble, big time !!

[oldjarhead100]

Raining this morning so no woods for me today Maybe Ill get the defole done on the tuts

[BillBates]

That thing stalled over us. We got 8"+/- in about 12 hours. Today is cool & dry. Good roofing weather.

[oldjarhead100]

are you a roofer by trade? I think that is one of the hardest jobs out there

[oldjarhead100]

well it rained off and on all day yesterday , I hope it watered all the plants we will have to go check, we have found that just because it rained it might not have rained very much in all the areas ,I think i'll wait till later though and let some of the moister evaporate

[oldjarhead100]

Rained again yesterday but I'm heading out this morning for sure

[oldjarhead100]

Was out yesterday plants looking great was able to spread some dia earth and spray last area I'm off right now to go water I have a doc appt at 10 so its out early for me

[oldjarhead100]

holy crap did I walk into a mess yesterday , I was finding ticks on me all day long must of picked 20 ticks off me though out the day ,I checked when I got back to the truck and didn't see any then on the way home 2 crawled out from some where ,then in the Doctors office had two more one crawling and one in my sock , when I got home I stripped down and had my wife look she didn't see any so got dressed again ,I checked my clothes before putting them on ,well all night they would crawl out of somewhere The last one on my neck I gave up and changed all my clothes lol still creepy feeling every little itch freaks me out . lesson here don't wear black in tick woods wear a lite color they are easier to see lol

oh the plants looked ok they have had some slugs on them ,I spread some D earth around the holes must look like a bullseye from the air some have doubled in size ,I topped the ones that needed it

[oldjarhead100]

thanks guys yes I have tried that permethrin and it works good I just never have a problem like that . I think it was the shirt it was black and probably hotter than everything else and I couldn't see them lol but I am going to spray a dedicated pair of pants and long sleve shirt to bad if I sweat before I go out again lol. Chefbjy never heard of that before guess Ill be eating omlets for awile ,I just remembered I have a set on lines from an hvc system how big do the rings have to be

[Chefbjy]

Just big enough to go aroundthe base of the plant. Read it in a garden hack article. Says they get a shock when they touch the copper tubing.

[PaganRich]

Sod that for a laugh

[GreenState]

So my one little monster clone(cutting taken 5-6 weeks into flowering) seems to like her new outdoor home. No deer problems so far.

[oldjarhead100]

they look perfect I was watering the other day and I couldn't see one of my plants ferns grew very close and camoed her lol.

I've had moose lay on a plant and stems get broken by a bear but deer don't seem to bother with my plants take a few leaks around them to make sure ,and touch the surrounding vegetation to get your scent on them

[ribbitt]

Dam ticks my dad had one on his thing holy crap becareful

[oldjarhead100]

I was getting a little paranoid had some sweat running down my ass only redeeming factor was it was going down instead of up if it was going up I would of dropped trow right there and checked lol

[BillBates]

Ojh -- Miz Lady just told me about this lady who recently died from Rocky Mt. Spotted Tick Fever. Was sick for a few days & treated for the flu. Most tickborne maladies display flu-like symptoms early in their progression. If not treated immediately & properly they gather momentum until the real treatment becomes virtually ineffective. Believe me, my brother, ticks ain't to be trifled with. DO NOT be shy about reporting to your doctor about ANY flu-like symptoms following a tick bite. Save the tick (dead or alive) if possible for identification. Early & proper diagnosis saves lives!
ALL FOOKIN' TICKS MUST FOOKIN' DIE!!

[BillBates]

Addendum : I have seen firsthand what Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever can do to a dog & it's a miserable, horrible way to go.

[oldjarhead100]

Thanks Bill yest I take them serious Ive only been bitten twice and I keep and eye on where that happened

[oldjarhead100]

here is my new tick gear ,I re purposed a couple of old t shirts and and old pair of grey pj bottoms, I sprayed them all with tic stuff and bug spray ,I found one tick on my sock so I will have to spray them from now on I used a clothes only spray ,by the end of the year they are going to be a little grungy lol

[PaganRich]

Is that to keep these ticks off? How bloody big are they, for Christ sake. That`s the kinda thing you wear for bees.

[Tika]

Having a fine chuckle with the others! How about wearing tick collars around your ankles and wrists too???
And..I would do the same thing top to bottom and maybe then some.
Cute pic too OJH

[Potted]

This may or may not help u with ticks, I have placed dog flee and tick collars in with my grows in the past and it has worked to keep them away. 😎 but I must admit that your getup has provided a bit of comic releaf, on a sunny day. Thanks. Lol