Pest description and crop damage Primarily a problem in western Oregon and Washington. Slugs can damage seedling stands during critical establishment phases, reducing plant density.
Management-chemical control
- iron phosphate (Sluggo Maxx) at 1.5 to 5.5 oz product per 1,000 sq ft. PHI 0 days.
- iron phosphate/spinosad (Bug-N-Sluggo) at 0.01 to 0.0308 lb spinosad ai/A. PHI 3 days. REI 4 hr. Do not exceed 3 applications in 21 days. OMRI-listed for organic use.
- metaldehyde bait at max 20 lb product/A (Deadline) or max 10.6 lb product/A (Durham). PHI 21 days. Change in watering schedules from daily to every three days can increase the efficacy of metaldehyde
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