RE: heat zones, delphinium, etc.< slugs
- Subject: RE: heat zones, delphinium, etc.< slugs
- From: "Theresa- yahoo" t*@yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:13:48 -0800
Do you just pour the tea on the soil? Do you need to reapply after it
rains?
Theresa
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
Behalf Of Doug Green
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 6:36 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: RE: heat zones, delphinium, etc.
At 06:11 PM 2/19/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Anyone who would like "test slugs" to breed for weed eating can let me
know-
>I will happily volunteer mine for experimentation! I haven't tried the
>sharp sand idea- thanks!
Use coffee and tea on the slugs. Caffein concentrations of 5% will kill
them while the .25% concentrations of coffee and tea will deter
them. Interesting note last year from usda research.
Maybe my son's Jolt Cola can come in useful? :-))
Doug
Doug Green
Author of the award winning "Gardening Wisdom"
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