Re: Problem pest?

I have heard that although beer traps catch & drown the small slugs, the
bigger slugs are attracted to the beer but don't drown in it -- so you
actually succeed in attracting more slugs than you kill if you use beer
traps.  Don't know if that is true, but I do know that I never caught
the really big slugs in my beer traps -- and I know those big slugs are
out there, because I can see them crawling about at night in my
flashlight tours.

I didn't have much luck with copper strips either.

But I don't use bait, and seem to have reached an accommodation with my
slugs. The damage isn't as bad as in years back.  Maybe just because my
hostas are larger now.  But I wish there was a good non-poisonous
solution. . . .

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From: LONDE@aol.com
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Problem pest?
Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 1:27PM

That swiss cheese look on you hostas is the work of slugs.  They do hide
by
day and feed by night.  Beer traps work well for me.  The slugs are
attracted
by the smell and then drown in their sorrows.  You can just put saucers
of it
out.  Check them each morning.  They should be full of slugs.  Or get
fancy
and bury a small plastic container of beer with holes cut in the lid,
leaving
just the holes uncovered.   It is, of course, best to do this BEFORE
your
hostas look like swiss cheese.  --Janis

P.S.  My son caught me doing this recently and said, "Dad, Mom's getting
the
slugs drunk again!"
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