On 29 Jul 2013 09:57:20 GMT, "David.WE.Roberts"
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:47:17 +0100, Pam Moore wrote:

What edibles can I try in containers next year in my small garden, which
will not get eaten by slugs and snails?
Bean leaves mostly eaten,so no beans so far, lettuce have all gone, I
have some rocket and spinach coming on, but it's a bit disheartening.
Picked 6 pea pods today, put the peas on to cook and forgot them and let
the pan boil dry. I'd eaten all the previous ones raw but these were a
bit bigger.
Tomatoes at last setting fruit. Fingers crossed I don't get blight yet!


Are you planting the lettuce directly into the containers?

We have grown lettuce from reasonably well developed seedlings bought from
a nursery and they seem to be fine despite slug attacks around the base.

I suspect that if they had tried to grow from seed they might have been
munched before they got going.

I planted in a tub "cut and come again" lettuce plants from Lidl. They
sarted growing well and then got "razed to the ground"! Last year I
planted the same type, also in a tub, and they lasted for many meals.

Pam in Bristol