Spiders and slugs! - Page 2

dice · June 17, 2012

I wonder if a turtle or duck would get drunk on a big pile of
beer-saturated slugs.

They would probably compost well.

janezee · June 17, 2012

They start composting right in the bottle. Hold at a distance when emptying the bottle!!!

j

Save$ · June 25, 2012

Slug-go works. It is a bait made with iron. The slugs eat it. Then can't eat anything else so they craw off and die. I've also used amonia one part to 5 parts water. Spay it on. The slugs just kind of melt. The amonia just feeds nitrogen to your plants. It only works for the moment it is being used, but it is very cheap! While I haven't tried it, I understand that a couple tablespoons of corn meal in a jar laid on it's side will feed the slugs and bum them up so they can't eat anything else. All these require frequent application, and are not harmful to birds etc. when used properly.

dice · June 26, 2012

[Sluggo]
Keep dogs away from it, though (they have no way to eliminate
the iron phosphate from their systems):
http://www.hostalibrary.org/firstloo...nPhosphate.htm

Save$ · June 26, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by dice

[Sluggo]
Keep dogs away from it, though (they have no way to eliminate
the iron phosphate from their systems):
http://www.hostalibrary.org/firstloo...nPhosphate.htm

Thank you. I was trusting the label. I will be watching my two labs for this.
Heavy rains here past few days. When out slug hunting with a 3 foot metal fence post. Really good for spearing those slugs. Several nearly the size of my fingers.

dice · June 28, 2012

I found a snail on a tomato plant today. Squashed it, threw it out in
the middle of the yard for a crow to find. I have had a few suspicious
disappearances of seedlings. And we do have slugs, lots of them.

janezee · June 29, 2012

My beer traps seem to have worked really well last year, but I'm finding a down side. The opening on a wine bottle isn't big enough to admit the snail shells, and I'm having a snail explosion! If it ain't one, it's t'other!
So, now I'm saving juice bottles with larger necks to work on the snails. I'll let you all know if it works as well as the wine bottles on slugs. <sigh>
The snails have gotten lots of my tomato and pepper seedlings that they even climbed up on the porch and deck to get to their pots. I'm so worried that they'll completely wipe out my toms and peppers that I'm planting in the ground tomorrow. It might be an all-nighter with a flashlight.

I wonder if I could scare them to death with a few well-placed cherry bombs?

j

Mojave · July 1, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by janezee

My beer traps seem to have worked really well last year, but I'm finding a down side. The opening on a wine bottle isn't big enough to admit the snail shells, and I'm having a snail explosion! If it ain't one, it's t'other!
So, now I'm saving juice bottles with larger necks to work on the snails. I'll let you all know if it works as well as the wine bottles on slugs. <sigh>
The snails have gotten lots of my tomato and pepper seedlings that they even climbed up on the porch and deck to get to their pots. I'm so worried that they'll completely wipe out my toms and peppers that I'm planting in the ground tomorrow. It might be an all-nighter with a flashlight.

I wonder if I could scare them to death with a few well-placed cherry bombs?

j

I used paper cups for my beer traps when I had slug/snail problems, worked perfectly! Something like a tiny laundry basket (the dollar store!) would keep the rain out I would think.

Crandrew · July 1, 2012

The only way for me to get em is nightly hunts with a headlamp and a snail bye bye tool (BBT).

June 17, 2012	#16
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	I wonder if a turtle or duck would get drunk on a big pile of beer-saturated slugs. They would probably compost well. __________________ -- alias Last edited by dice; June 19, 2012 at 02:52 AM. Reason: a

June 25, 2012	#18
Save$ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 46	Slug-go works. It is a bait made with iron. The slugs eat it. Then can't eat anything else so they craw off and die. I've also used amonia one part to 5 parts water. Spay it on. The slugs just kind of melt. The amonia just feeds nitrogen to your plants. It only works for the moment it is being used, but it is very cheap! While I haven't tried it, I understand that a couple tablespoons of corn meal in a jar laid on it's side will feed the slugs and bum them up so they can't eat anything else. All these require frequent application, and are not harmful to birds etc. when used properly. __________________ Love to Garden, Burn Pellets, Have a solar space, cloche and do vertical growing. Will do a lot of canning if I can keep LB away.

June 26, 2012	#19
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	[Sluggo] Keep dogs away from it, though (they have no way to eliminate the iron phosphate from their systems): http://www.hostalibrary.org/firstloo...nPhosphate.htm __________________ -- alias

June 28, 2012	#21
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	I found a snail on a tomato plant today. Squashed it, threw it out in the middle of the yard for a crow to find. I have had a few suspicious disappearances of seedlings. And we do have slugs, lots of them. __________________ -- alias

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June 17, 2012	#17
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	They start composting right in the bottle. Hold at a distance when emptying the bottle!!! j

June 29, 2012	#22
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	My beer traps seem to have worked really well last year, but I'm finding a down side. The opening on a wine bottle isn't big enough to admit the snail shells, and I'm having a snail explosion! If it ain't one, it's t'other! So, now I'm saving juice bottles with larger necks to work on the snails. I'll let you all know if it works as well as the wine bottles on slugs. <sigh> The snails have gotten lots of my tomato and pepper seedlings that they even climbed up on the porch and deck to get to their pots. I'm so worried that they'll completely wipe out my toms and peppers that I'm planting in the ground tomorrow. It might be an all-nighter with a flashlight. I wonder if I could scare them to death with a few well-placed cherry bombs? j

July 1, 2012	#24
Crandrew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: asdf Posts: 1,202	The only way for me to get em is nightly hunts with a headlamp and a snail bye bye tool (BBT).