Re: Anti-Slug "carpet"? -Reply
- To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Anti-Slug "carpet"? -Reply
- From: "* &* B* H* <c*@saltspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 13:31:51 -0700
Either we have slipperyer containers or your bugs have climbing gear.
Actually you may find that food grade containers have a much smoother
surface.
Brian
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> From: SUSAN SAXTON <SS@Schwabe.com>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Anti-Slug "carpet"? -Reply
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 10:01 AM
>
> They can't get out of a yogurt container? I've
> had them get out of a 32 gal trash can! Am I
> missing something here? I'd love it if that
> worked.
>
> >>> "Kishori & Brian Hutchings"
> <cusheoncreek@saltspring.com> 05/13/98
> 07:50pm >>>
> Amy, this is a little experiment i did a year ago
> and it worked like a
> charm. Take a large yogurt container, bury it to
> the brim in the ground,
> put an apple core in the bottom, and cover but
> prop the cover up enuff to
> let the little devils in. Any rotting fruit attracts
> them and they fall
> into the bottom and can't get out. You could
> put one container inside
> another so that you can pull the inside out to
> dispose of the victims
> without the sides collapsing. Worked well in
> my greenhouse. I hope the bait
> will lure them away from the plants for you.
>
> Brian
> http://vvv.com/~amdigest/cusheon.htm
>
> ----------
> > From: Amy Rupp
> <amyr@austx.tandem.com>
> > To: perennials@mallorn.com
> > Subject: Re: Anti-Slug "carpet"?
> > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 4:51 PM
> >
> > > Set lights on your plant treasures.
> Sowbugs don't like light.
> Margaret
> >
> > Very true, however, these things are eating
> DURING THE DAY, in partial
> > shade in Texas. While it's not like a
> flashlight, it's pretty bright
> > light. And I'd need a bunch of them.
> They've also destroyed clematis
> > too. I don't understand it... I guess it's
> because I've added enough
> > organic matter to have decent soil, that they
> come and don't go forth
> > and instead be fruitful and multiply. Then
> when they want salad, I've
> > got organic salad too.
> >
> > Sigh.
> >
> > --
> > Amy Moseley Rupp
> (amyr@austx.tandem.com) Austin, TX, USDA
> z8b, Sunset
> z30
> > Amy Moseley (amy@ece.utexas.edu)
> Graduate Student in Software Engineering
> >
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