Slugs may be very damaging especially during cool, rainy springs. Slugs have soft, legless, unsegmented, gray-brown bodies. The body glides along on a mucous secretion which gives slugs their slimy appearance. They feed at night, tearing ragged holes in the leaves. They may be found under debris, planks, etc.
Cutworms feed primarily at night or on cloudy days.
They cut off small plants just above the soil surface and occasionally cut off individual leaves. They may be found down in the media during the day. They feed on the leaves. Aphids may be reddish to a pale green, soft-bodied insect found on the underside of the leaves. The vegetable weevil feeds as a larva and an adult, primarily at night.