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Re: [GWL]: New Product Announcement - Sluggo

As I understand it, decollate snails do not climb whereas brown 
snails and slugs do climb.  Therefore, if one places snail bait at a 
height, then you can use both effectively.

Nan


>We have been selling this for about 2 years. There is one German 
>Company that produces it and it
>is sold in the US under different trade names: Sluggo, Escargo and 
>etc. Our customers report that
>it is not as effective as the metaldehyde baits but is non-toxic. We 
>have heard reports that dogs
>have been sickened and died after eating the metaldehyde bait. The 
>metaldehyde forms formaldehyde
>that sterilizes the soil and so works contrary to efforts to build 
>life in the soil.
>
>We also sell decolate snails which prey on the garden snail (not 
>slugs) and so have worked out
>ways to use both. Sluggo will kill decolate snails so the safest way 
>to use it is to apply the
>sluggo twice two weeks apart and then the decolate snails after about 2 weeks.
>
>Decolate snails keep to duff or mulch covered areas mostly under 
>plants. They do not cross open
>areas or paths. After releasing decolates you can bait in open areas 
>such as paths or driveways.
>The decolate snails will not be exposed to the bait.

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Nan Sterman			PlantSoup

205 Cole Ranch Road
Olivenhain, CA 92024		760.634.2902 (voice)
NSterman@PlantSoup.Com		760.634.2957 (fax)

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