Spiders and slugs!

tgplp · June 3, 2012

Hi everyone! I'll start of with the slug problem... I have a lot of slugs in my small hoophouse, and I don't know how I should get rid of them. I've just been throwing them out of the window (haha!) and weeding to make sure they have no where to hide. Unfortunately, that just means they hide in my lettuce plants! Any ways to get rid of them? I'd rather not kill them (but I will if I have to) and I don't want to use pesticides.

My other hoophouse problem are the spiders! I'm sure that they're great and all, but a couple of weeks ago a bunch of spider egg cases hatched in my hoophouse, and there are little yellow spiders EVERYWHERE! I like spiders, but I don't want them crawling all over me everytime I open the door to my hoophouse. How should I deal with them?

Thanks very much,
Taryn

June 3, 2012	#1
tgplp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Pacific North West, zone 8a Posts: 510	Spiders and slugs! Hi everyone! I'll start of with the slug problem... I have a lot of slugs in my small hoophouse, and I don't know how I should get rid of them. I've just been throwing them out of the window (haha!) and weeding to make sure they have no where to hide. Unfortunately, that just means they hide in my lettuce plants! Any ways to get rid of them? I'd rather not kill them (but I will if I have to) and I don't want to use pesticides. My other hoophouse problem are the spiders! I'm sure that they're great and all, but a couple of weeks ago a bunch of spider egg cases hatched in my hoophouse, and there are little yellow spiders EVERYWHERE! I like spiders, but I don't want them crawling all over me everytime I open the door to my hoophouse. How should I deal with them? Thanks very much, Taryn