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Re: Intro,Slugs,Composting

At 11:55 PM 2/13/97 -0300, you wrote:
>> Are you talking about using an ammonia spray to kill slugs?  It is very
>> effective (50% ammonia, 50% water).  Some spray on the leaves won't hurt
>> anything (it's nitrogen), some advise not to apply it to the point of
>> runoff.  Some plants' leaves will lighten in color in response to a heavy
>> spray, but that's a temporary solution.  It's as deadly as salt on the
>> slugs without being as harmful to plants.  Margaret
>
>I was reading the list for a while, and it is my first post.
>
>Perhaps it is a FAQ, but I'm very interested about how to get rid of
>slugs and snails.  Baby slugs ruined my strawberrys some year ago.  Each
>fruit was bited (I know that were the slugs, not birds: I saw them while
>eating).
>
>Margaret told about 50-50 ammonia solution.  How often it would be
>necessary spraying the plants?  The soil too?  Where the critters hide
>themselves?
>
>
>Sorry for my poor English.
>
>
>>From Buenos Aires,
>
>Gustavo
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>                                           Gustavo Sanchez
>                                           gsanchez@df.uba.ar
Gustavo, you spray that liquid directly on the slugs or exposed parts of
snails.  I don't think it will penetrate their shells, but a "foot" will be
exposed.  The spray on the leaves don't have a lasting effect, killing the
next slug that climbs on that leaf, but go outside and spray all of the
little slugs you see, go back at night with a flashlight and spray all of
the slugs you see.  A few days of this, and you may be out of slugs.  That
would not make you sad, would it?  Margaret
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