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26 Jun 15, Peter (Australia - temperate climate)

Just planted lettuce and asking what I need to do so they don't get eaten by bugs and slugs.

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08 Oct 15, Peter Levett (Australia - temperate climate)

Gday Pete, I grow heaps of "close to the ground" short marigolds to keep lugs and snails out of the garden, & tall marigolds for higher plants like tomatoes & chillies to deter fruit fly, & a whole punnet of Thai Sweet Basil around each tomato plant . You can give me a call if you would like to on 02 63450027. I live 24 km from Cowra in the Central west NSW. Cheers Pete Levett

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21 Mar 15, Rami Ghattas (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in country NSW, Why should I avoid planting lettuce & parsely in the same bed??? I have just did that this morning and now reading this article I am concered? should I dig the one of them out and move it or ?? Thanks in advance for ur help.

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15 Feb 16, Dee (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi Rami Sometimes plants can stunt the growth of others, starve them of nutrients or attract insects that will devour a crop. I found an interesting article on companion planting on the sgaonline website. Unable to post the link here but if you do a search for the website and 'companion planting' I'm sure you'll find it.

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12 Dec 14, robert helbers (Australia - temperate climate)

When planting lettuce seedlings remove outer leaves and only leave centre of plant. This reduces transplanting stress, you'll notice that the plant revives much faster. the same thing applies to most seedlings like brassicas etc.

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19 Nov 14, antonia (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi, I companion planted my lettuce with strawberries/spinach/forage & beans, something is eating the lettuce. Very tiny holes in the leaves, I don't want to use a strong bug killer, what can I do?

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22 Jan 15, Gerrit Hendrik Schorel-Hlavka O.W.B. (Australia - temperate climate)

My wife complained about the same problem. I had a proper look and detected some 14 caterpillars. the took the colour of the leaves and so were hard to see. However, I had made a day earlier as picture of it and checking back I could see the caterpillars. I scraped them off (better not touch them) and used surface spray that kills them about instantly. Actually I now discovered different caterpillars at a tree and spaying on them a little bit of surface spray caused them to drop of-dead. Obviously no good say on vegies, so use a little tool to scrape them off. I have placed a netting around the vegie and no further caterpillars. Do keep in mind that removing the caterpillars may be the first step as eggs may have already been on the plant for others and so you need to keep an eye on it for a few days.

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13 Nov 14, Belinda (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Two weeks ago we planted mixed lettuce seedlings. We notice two days ago we planted two together so we pulled them out, separated and replanted them. The very next day all the replanted lettuce had died off. Will it come back and did we do something wrong. Thanks.

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11 Oct 15, Mark (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi Belinda. From the reading I have done its best to sacrifice the weaker looking seedling with a pair of scissors than disturb the root system.

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14 Oct 14, Kellie (Australia - temperate climate)

I have planted some lettuces in a shady spot a couple of weeks ago, most have already gone soft and died, the others seem to be going the same way which is saddening! Any ideas?

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