RE: Anti-Slug "carpet"?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: Anti-Slug "carpet"?
- From: h*@mars.ark.com (Heather Hallworth)
- Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 22:49:51 -0700
Barbara,
I spray the visible slugs and we see lots. If you start looking at the right
time of day or evening they come out and you will learn where they hide in
your yard, then you can get them.
Heather
>I think I may have missed part of this thread. What exactly do you spray,
Heather, the visible slugs, or the area around the plants? I assume the
slugs, but I very seldom see them, only their damage.
>
>Thanks,
>Barbara in SC
>Z7b
>
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>From: Heather Hallworth[SMTP:halworth@mars.ark.com]
>Sent: Saturday, May 16, 1998 1:41 PM
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Anti-Slug "carpet"?
>
>>>Sandy,
>>>The spray is made with non sudsy ammonia and water. 1/3 ammonia and 2/3
>>>water,
>>>put in a spray and give the slugs a few shots and they die. Within a few
days
>>>they have completely dried up and disappeared.
>>>I try to avoid spraying special plants but so far nothing has been damaged
>>>and we
>>>have lots of slugs. A neighbour phoned last night to say her husband had
>>>killed 2000 slugs in 3 days.
>>>Heather on Vancouver Island
>>>
>>
>>Donna,
>>
>>Thanks for the recipe. Do you do maintenance with this solution after the
>>initial problem is cleared up? If so, how often? Thanks again.
>>
>>Sandy in KY (zone 6)
>>
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>Sandy,
>I don't know how many slugs you have but we keep it up here and try to spray
>early morning and evening.
>Heather on Vancouver Island
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