Re: Re: stupid question?
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: stupid question?
- From: J* C*
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:12:08 PDT
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
Dennis K. wrote:
>Methinks ye have slugs!
>Slug control #1: diatomaceous earth ....
don't breath this stuff in!
>Slug control #2: slug bait - poison - kills them
.....and the dog!
>Slug control #3: beer - put a pie tin of beer out at dusk, and the slugs
>(or snails) will be drawn to the smell...crawl in & and drown! repeat
>procedure until slug problem is gone
The problem goes away rather quickly if you drink enough yourself.
>Slug control #5: ashes - slugs won't crawl over ashes from your fireplace,
>it won't kill them, but it will deter them.
'speciallty if they're good and HOT.
OK..enough nonsense. This is a perrenial thread, and I'd like to add a
particularly Australian version of catching slugs and snails:
Disolve a spoonful of VEGEMITE (we all have it in our cupboards) in warm
water, and use as for beer. Snails love it!
Cheers, Jan Clark
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