Re: slugs & other thugs
Ellen Gallagher wrote:
>
> I purchased a book this week-end that has SIX pages devoted to
> snails and slugs and how to KILL them. There are several ways
> outlined to 'dispose' of slugs - my particular garden nemesis -
> and I will post some of them occasionally or until Tom stops me..
>
> My favorite: SLUG JUICE
>
> This is made by putting the remains of a cup or two of dead slugs
> into a blender, pureeing them, and then straining the resulting
> mush. (Not in my kitchen) The liquid (slug juice) is squirted onto
> the live slugs, supposedly killing them....
I'd like to know what you have success with. Slugs and snails are rampant
here. I find that hunting them down with a flashlight at night or first thing
in the AM and physically collecting them works reasonably well. After a week
or so I've gotten most of them and and occasional revisit is all it takes to
keep them under control. I don't like using poison bait because it is
dangerous for my four footed housemates.
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