Re: Slugs

Mornin' all,

I was outside earlier this morning turning on sprinklers to help the 
rain out a bit and give everything a good watering... came back out 
an hour or so later and noticed the whole yard was over-run with 
slugs of all persuasions.. question is... were they out there 
because they wanted more water? or were they driven out of the 
flower beds/garden area because they didn't want so much water? 

The slugs were in the grass of the lawn and seemed to be fleeing 
the garden area where the sprinklers were.. but it is still raining 
too?  Any ideas anyone?  I'm not up on the habits of slugs.. haha

Anyway, it was great for me cause I just went and got a quart jar, 
put some salt in it and got a surgical glove on to pick up the slugs.. 
well, I filled that quart jar 3 times !!!!  I poured out the top of the jar 
where they hadn't gotten to the salt to my geese and they looked 
at me like I was crazy ... they didn't want the slugs, they wanted 
regular goose food.. so I just poured the goose food over the slugs 
so I hope they eat them..

If you have a slug problem, go out and check your yard and you 
may also see them all over the place.. it's a great way to at least 
help slow down the slug population.. 

Also .... I heard there were two types of slugs, the regular 
slug that eats all our plant material and another type that preys on 
its own kind.. sort of cannibals.. anyone know about this and if you 
do, where can I get them?  .. with my luck, they are probably 
banned in Oregon or something.. *S*

In my internet search for "slugs" I came upon this "sluggy" article 
that is just hilarious.. lots of truth in it but funny..

The Straight Dope 
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_073

Another site on Slug Control from the University of California ..
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7427.html



Connie Wheeler
Molalla, Or
Life may not be the party we hoped for, 
but while we are here we might as well dance.

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