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[Image description: four zucchinis, each larger than garden shears, are on my dining table and are fated to become relish]

"It" being that part of the season when you've got to check cucurbits twice a day (for us, at least)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's no fun! Do you still have time in the season for some quick to maturity squashes? I read somewhere that slugs don't like one of the plant compounds in grass and I can anecdotally confirm that I've had next to no slug pressure on the ones that are being mulched with grass. It might be worth an experiment where you are