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Re: slugs and beer/yeast

Put a ring of wood ashes around your plant.  when the slug tries to
crawl over it, it'll rip his stomach.  works like the d. earth.

On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 22:15:31 -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        1) Does yeast have to be fresh or will the out of date yeast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
>
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