Are mothballs toxic in the soil around tomatos?

[KFC911]

Don't ask me why I ask

[fintstone]

If you eat the dirt.

[fintstone]

Sorry about the joke. Yes.

[gordner]

if you have slug issues, Epsom salt works and is harmless for the tomatos

[flipper35]

Also, mothballs are not what they used to be.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by gordner

if you have slug issues, Epsom salt works and is harmless for the tomatos

Harmless? I suspect that depending upon the quantity and area of application, that might not be the case.

[gordner]

well that would be true for anything. As a slug preventer goes, applied properly, it will not harm the tomatoes but does keep the slugs out.

[KFC911]

Well...do you suppose they will deter moles/voles sitting visible at the surface ...

Don't ask ....

[gordner]

deer is a pretty tough one to beat, pretty much takes a fence to fix that.

[red-beard]

Beer works great for slugs. The suckers drown happy.

[Chocaholic]

Snakes.

[Cajundaddy]

I like a healthy separation between my food and moth balls which are a form of pesticide. For moles/voles/gophers we used a raised garden bed with wire mesh underneath. The mesh kept them out and then we only had to deal with tomato worms.

[Crowbob]

I’d rather ask whether the tomatoes were toxic.

Speaking of deer (the gudamped mangy, disease-ridden vermin that they are) if I had Chuck Norris’ reflexes I coulda stomped on a fawn’s head today when it popped out of a bush when I reached down to break off a very low branch in my yard.

Instead I almost shat myself.

[RSBob]

How big are the moths?

[Rikao4]

not good for your pup...

Rika

[KFC911]

Rika I thought about that...

Not my 'maters....nor mothballs. Muttdawg was with me when I saw them yesterday....visiting dad .

I have to "pick my battles" these daze....but that's just life...

Thanks all...