Re: slugs & other thugs



On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, John I Jones wrote:

 
> 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.

	Actually, 'the' book says this is one of the most successful ways of
	getting the critters.  Altho' a predawn flashlight raid is recom-
	mended - and dropping the slugs into a pail of salted water to fin-
	ish them off while they're still groggy.

	Ellen
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