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Re: [GWL]: New Product Announcement - Sluggo

I haven't researched this myself, but one person on another list raved 
about the efficicacy of decollate snails and was attacked by someone else, 
because they cause environmental damage.  Margaret Lauterbach


>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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