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Re: slugs and beer/yeast

At 10:15 PM 3/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>It's time to start organizing my defenses against those @#$%*%%&^&
>slugs!
>        In years past I have used beer with great success, but I
>understand that it is the yeast in the beer that attracts them. Several
>books have suggested using yeast but do not tell you how to go about
>it.  That appeals to me: beer is much too good for them!
>        So I  have a few questions to pose and hope there are people on
>the list with answers:
>        1) Does yeast have to be fresh or will the out of date yeast
>from my wife's baking supplies work?
>        2) what mixture of yeast to water should I use.  I'm assuming
>that it is to be mixed with water.
>        3) Once mixed, will it keep, or should I only mix what I plan to
>use immediately?
>        4) what else should I know that I don't even have the wit to
>think of asking?
>Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>                    Ed Flynn  Maryland   Zone 6/7
>

Dear Ed,

I gave up on the slugs and beer, much to the chagrin of my Chinese Shar-Pei
who would drink it before the slugs could get a whiff and then she would
carry the bowl around the yard in her mouth and not let me take it from her.

I have read though, that if you want to use yeast it should be 1 Tbls. of
yeast & 1 Tbls. of sugar per 1 pint of water.  You can use the yeast in
your wife's baking supplies, but it would be cheaper to go to your local
health food store and buy Brewers yeast in bulk. The out-of-date yeast
should work.

I don't know the answer for the amount of time it will keep, but any baker
will tell you sugar acts as a catalyst for yeast BUT refrigeration will
slow that down.  I THINK you'd be safe to mix up a large batch and
refrigerate the unused portion.

Check out these two web pages for some alternate suggestions for dealing
with slugs, naturally:

http://www.innercite.com/~garden/pest.htm

http://www.pathfinder.com/vg/Guru/Fiona/battlearms.html

Good luck!

Lisa
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