Re: Problem pest?
- To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Problem pest?
- From: "* <d*@ados.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:58:56 -0700
Val,
Thanks for the information. I'm off to try and find some.
Those big guys (slugs) better have said their goodbyes,
because the party is over now. (-: I hope. :-)
I'll let you all know if it works. Thanks for all the help.
Rachel - Oregon
>Rachel,
>It looks like coarse salt and you'll need to sprinkle it in a circle around
>the plants that you don't want the slugs to bother. I doubt that it would
>look appealing to your daughter, considering that she would have to also
>eat the dirt to get to it. I would suspect that you'd have to ingest
>an appreciable amount -- much more than you'd have to sprinkle around each
>plant.
>Remember that it's not a poison; these are merely crystals like the ones
>found naturally in sand. The slugs do not eat it, just crawl over it. I
>can't think of a more natural, non-toxic way to control slugs since
>soft-bodied organisms are the only things that would be affected.
>Val in KY
>zone 6a
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