Re: lack of slug damage
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: lack of slug damage
- From: "* D* C* <m*@pipeline.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 15:53:03 -0400
- References: <14ad0387.35eb5584@aol.com>
At 12:59 AM 9/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>>BevYou are right. There is more at work here, than just the amount of
>substance. While I do believe, that substance plays an important role, I
>have for instance, in my test beds, many relitivly small and "thin
>leaved" Hostas, which the slugs barely touch.
Could the taste have something to do with it? I bought Cherry Berry this
summer, and was unable to keep my cats from eating it. Time and again,
they swallowed every leaf; I would move the roots and keep a cage over it
till it regenerated, and eventually went to the extreme of not letting any
of the cats outside. The last time I took the cage off the plant, I caught
somebody else's cat eating the last leaf. Obviously, this plant will have
to be protected continuously in my cat-intensive neighborhood.
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
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