For those of you who follow me, which, um, is no-one, you'll know I ditched the traditional veggie patch for growing stuff in pots and it's paying dividends.
The advantages of a pot or tub garden for me are:
.easier to keep tree roots at bay. .snails/slugs need to climb which might make the plants less vulnerable? Doubt it.Snails etc are great climbers. .more efficient watering. .easier to change the garden about if need be i.e. just move a pot.
Possibly but if the grubs prove a problem I go out at night with a torch and nose pliers and...it's the killing fields. Problem is we have these critters called leopard slugs...giant spotted slugs...which are apparently good for the garden because they eat other slugs and so I leave them alone but if one of those gets near your plants I'd imagine it would be like a tractor eating all in its path!
paul_neri 2 points 2 weeks ago
Possibly but if the grubs prove a problem I go out at night with a torch and nose pliers and...it's the killing fields. Problem is we have these critters called leopard slugs...giant spotted slugs...which are apparently good for the garden because they eat other slugs and so I leave them alone but if one of those gets near your plants I'd imagine it would be like a tractor eating all in its path!