Re: suicidal slugs

Can you get your hands on some lava sand?  If they crawl over that it tears
them up and they die.

On 5/8/09, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I've always been reluctant to put small plants directly in the ground for
> that and other reasons.  I don't expect you to dig them up though.  All I
> can say is: Vigilance!  Keep applying the sluggo and they should eventually
> decrease in number.
> Nasty little things.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa G." <macycat3@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 12:27 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] suicidal slugs
>
>
> Ok- the snails and slugs this year are like no other.  I have used
>> everything and still I'm loosing small plants- even tomato plants this
>> year.  I have rings of copper mesh, sluggo, deadline and even tried the
>> trays of beer.  This is insane.  The slugs are crawling over the dead
>> bodies of other slugs to get to the plants.  What to do???
>>
>> Theresa
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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