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Maryland’s Eastern Shore | This farm is an irrigated farm that is on a 2 years corn 1 year wheat/beans or full season bean rotation. 3 years ago had tremendous slug pressure in no till beans. 100 acres had to be replanted. No problem. Past two years before planting corn have chisel plowed and worked ground down to zero residue on top prior to corn with hopes of decreasing slug populations. Fast forward to this year and tried to no till beans in between the corn rows on 30” spacing at 120k. In One evening have more then half the stand missing. 10-20 tiny grey slugs per sq foot. Eating the necks off the emerging beans. After two years of full tillage you would think the population would be lower but it seems to be worse. Pictures are attached. What an endeavor they are. Does anybody have a go to means of decreasing populations where no till or minimum till is an option? Thank you
1st picture is slugs on no till ground.
2nd picture is 1 acre we worked and planted at the same 120k population for reference of what the stand should look like.
Edited by IHPower06 5/5/2024 21:35
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Reliable means to decrease slug populations
