Re: crickets and slugs
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: crickets and slugs
- From: d*@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:28:21 -0400
From: dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net (Dennis Kramb)
>From: Vicki Jo Craig <cragiris@ipinc.net>
>
>Hey Dennis,
>
>You are welcome to come visit the Northwest in the spring. You can learn
>all about our slugs. Many grow to 5-6 in. in length. I can not begin to
>count the number of first year bloom that we never saw because the slugs
>ate the stalk and/or the buds. We live in a micro climate where we
>receive about 36-38in. precepitation per year. We have trees on three
>sides and a creek in the rear of our <2 acres. I have even found slugs
>on leaves in our dwarf apple tree.
>
>We do daily early morning patrols with spray bottles of ammonia water
>just so we can see our seedlings bloom each spring. Still cannot keep
>ahead of those darn slugs.
>
>Vicki
Goodness gracious! My slugs only get to be half that size. I just can't
understand what it is about my garden or about my slugs (and crickets) that
keep them from being destructive.
If I could figure it out I'd be a millionaire selling the information to
gardeners around the world! :) <just kidding!>
At the risk of being presumptious, have you tried using crushed eggshells
as a deterrent? or diatomaceous earth?
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@tso.cin.ix.net
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
Member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, RIS, SIGNA, & Miami Valley Iris Society
Primary Interests: Arilbreds, Rebloomers, and Native Ohio Species Irises
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