Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #161
- Subject: Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #161
- From: "Alphie Perks" i*@hotmail.com
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 21:02:37 -0500
Hello Everyone :)
I read these messages everyday and really enjoy hearing about
all of your wonderful gardens :) I am just starting my garden at my new
home and ran across what looks to me like a variegated grass of some sort.
I have scoured the web trying to find out what it is exactly and how to
propagate it. You all seem to know your plants, so I have uploaded a
picture of it to: http://www2.nexband.com/~donp/01garden/variegatedgrass.htm
Could some of you please take a look and let me know if you know what it is?
Thanks in advance :)
Alphie
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From: "perennials DIGEST" <perennials-owner@hort.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: perennials DIGEST V3 #161
>
> perennials DIGEST Thursday, May 29 2003 Volume 03 : Number
161
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> A short cut maybe
> Re: Slugs
> Slugs
> Re: Slugs
> Re: Slugs
>
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>
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 00:42:19 -0400
> From: Linda L Wallpe <lwallpe@juno.com>
> Subject: A short cut maybe
>
> Chlorine bleach and ammonia poured into a washing machine will create a
> loud noise and a toxic cloud rises. Guess how I know. It gave me a raw
> throat for a few days and probably a good thing I wasn't standing
> directly over the bowl .
> There's probably adequate ventilation outside but I wouldn't get too
> close with the ammonia!
> Linda W.
>
> ==============
> Anyone heard of this before? And is there any reason not to do this,
> like the ammonia and the chlorine from the pool water mixing somehow and
> making a deadly chemical?
>
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> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 07:52:54 -0400
> From: "Merri Morgan" <mmorgan@wcgnet.net>
> Subject: Re: Slugs
>
> I've had great success with Gardens Alive product, Escar-Go!. Great name,
> good product, organic.
> Merri Morgan
> Zone 5b, WV
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jim_kelly@mchsi.com>
> To: <perennials@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 7:37 PM
> Subject: Slugs
>
>
> > Hundreds of plants, thousands of slugs. I have a serious problem with
> them as
> > they are everywhere, in all my flower beds, lawn, and vegetable garden.
> So far
> > I've tried the little dishes of beer and this works very slowly against
an
> ever
> > increasing population of slugs. I've added "toad houses" to try to
> encourage
> > their presence, but so far have seen none.
> > The most effective method so far has been my early morning routine,
coffee
> cup
> > in one hand, killing stick in the other and playing "Slug Eliminator,"
> smashing
> > them in half as I see them. I would prefer to remain organic, if
> possible.
> > But the durn things are really doing a number on so many of my plants,
> I've got
> > to do something. What has worked for you?
> > Kelly
> > jim_kelly@mchsi.com
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 07:59:34 -0400
> From: "Tiede, Karen E" <karen.tiede@eds.com>
> Subject: Slugs
>
> Kinda late to start now, but have you tried eggshells? I save mine all
> year, crush them as much as I can, and start sprinkling them when I see
the
> first slugs (which, admittedly, aren't that bad around here.) Hard to say
> how effective it is, but it sure is organic.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:02:09 EDT
> From: OXFORDWALT@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Slugs
>
> In a message dated 5/29/2003 12:02:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> perennials-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> > Slug Eliminator," smashing
> > them in half as I see them. I would prefer to remain organic, if
possible.
> >
> > But the durn things are really doing a number on so many of my plants,
I've
> > got
> > to do something. What has worked for you?
> >
> I've used to methods to great success:
> 1. A tuna can sunk to ground level and filled with cheap beer. Hide out of
> sight under the plants and you should know the slugs die happy. I believe
a
> yeast and water mixture might work( yeast is the attraction in beer ) but
that's
> no fun.
> 2. I have 3 spray bottle strategically placed around the yard. the
bottles
> are filled with 4/5 parts water and one part regular household ammonia.
I'm
> told 10 to one works but I haven't tested it. One spray and the slug
writhes in
> pain, slowly writhing and decomposing; a beautiful thing. A little of this
> mixture on plants doesn't hurt as ammonia is essentially a fertilizer. Far
less
> chemical use then the commercial slug baits.
> And , of course, cultural practices will help keep the slug population
down.
> Take your pick; no mulch, no leaves laying around, nothing on the ground
> that the little buggers can hide under....... Once you've practiced the
above,
> you'll have the slug population under control. And, oh yea, we have a few
> toads to gather up the slugs we missed.
> Walter in Bucks County,Pa
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 07:03:48 -0700
> From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@plantsoup.com>
> Subject: Re: Slugs
>
> Sluggo and Escar-go are basically the same and work equally well.
> Nan
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