>> maybe try putting a few Bok-Choi out early until you get over your anxiety
I think both direct-sow a few muc earlier, and also start a few indoors. I fear, though, that I should give that bed a rest from Brassicas for a year or even two to rule out or discourage soil diseases.
I hate to do that, though, because its my biggest sunny bed.
>> Will DE work for slugs?
I don't use it because it is pricy and I have 5-7 drizzly days per week until summer. I think the "iron phosphate plus EDTA" probably kind of works maybe OK,
and the metaldehyde bait works really well, very fast.
And beer saucers always catch some. I cut the bottoms off soda bottles. the clear plastic is almost invisible.
I liked someone's idea of spraying a stream of ammonia on visible adults and egg masses.
