Discussion forum for the various methods and structures used for getting an early start on your growing season, extending it for several weeks or even year 'round.
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I wonder if a turtle or duck would get drunk on a big pile of
beer-saturated slugs. They would probably compost well.
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5
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They start composting right in the bottle. Hold at a distance when emptying the bottle!!!
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Maine
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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.
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[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
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Join Date: Jun 2012
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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.
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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.
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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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 |
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Join Date: May 2012
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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The only way for me to get em is nightly hunts with a headlamp and a snail bye bye tool (BBT).
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