Re: Deadline MP

Hmmmm, very interesting. I have used Corry's Slug & Snail Death before. I
had to order it through the mail because it is not available in Michigan.
That stuff worked like a charm. My dogs don't bother my beds, thank goodness
but to know there is a safer product that may work just as well is good
news.



> Good morning
> I am sending this with permission from the original author.
>
> Betts Daume, western Washington, Zone 8, Region 8,
>
> Here is the info about Deadline MP. The MP stands for Mini Pellets.
>
> Pace International LP
> 500 Seventh Ave S
> Kirkland, WA 98033
>
> 425-827-8711
>
> I have this in a file now, so that it will be easily accessible to
> answer the
> next time someone wants to know about Deadline MP. Here is what is so
> great
> about it:
>
> The pellets are small, smaller than a BB, and coated to resist
> disintegration
> by rain. Turquoise color.
>
> You only need 2 or 3 per square yard. The slugs come out to find them.
>
> The pellets are easily strewn a long distance, just take a handful and
> throw
> and you can throw them 25' or so. They are hard, not made of anything
> crumbly
> and therefore dusty like Corry's slugbait. I throw pellets into the edge
> of
> the woods too.
>
> I'm sure they would harm dogs and cats if they ate them. MY ANIMALS
> IGNORE
> THEM. They show no interest in the pellets. Previously, I had a dog eat
> that
> Corry's crumbly slug bait and the dog was very sick--vomiting blood
> tinged
> stuff. That smelled good to Sophie. This Deadline MP is not enticing to
> dogs
> Molly and Hans, or cats Bob, Oscar, Georgia, Phoenix, Scruffy or Zoe.
>
> And they pellets work! This is Slug Heaven--does rain a bit here! I live
> in a
> clearing in the woods. (Molly is out eating carpenter ants that fly this
> time
> of day! Little more protein. Good hobby for her.) I have beautiful
> hostas.
> The slug population is much less than it used to be because I have used
> baits
> for about 3 years now. I first heard of this product when I went to Joy
> Creek
> Nursery and they had beautiful hostas, 5 and 6' across!
> --
> Bye
> Bob             Bob Axmear  208 2nd St Ne  Waukon, Ia 52172
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