Re: slugs and worms, earwigs, black vine beetles.....
As a child I would often visit with my grandparents who lived in a coastal
area and were overwhelmed with slugs. My grandfather was an avid gardener
and said that the salt was bad for the soil, which as it turns out, is very
right. So he invented a slug dispatching tool, a putty knife attached to the
end of a broom handle. A quick chop and on to the next one, and no damage to
the soil.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Valerie-Anne Mullett" <valerie-anne@LINEONE.NET>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] slugs and worms, earwigs, black vine beetles.....
> Silke,
>
> That was so descriptive - unfortunate you did not have a camera to hand!
> Perhaps the beer wasn't strong enough :-).
>
> Valerie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Silke-Maria Weineck
> Sent: 22 August 2000 16:32
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] slugs and worms, earwigs, black vine beetles.....
>
>
> ...
>
> >Beer traps are meant to be good (beer in empty margarine tubs) and the
> slugs
> >die happy! It's just a rather yucky mess to face first thing in the
> >morning.
>
> That reminds me of the time I put out a beer trap; it was a wettish day,
> and the first slug came up FAST -- I stayed to watch in what I anticipated
> to be sick fascination, only to see the slug dive in, submerge, slowly
> travel along the bottom of the container and come out on the other side.
> Probably with a slug's equivalent of an evil grin on its face. But there I
> was, with the salt shaker...
>
> s.
>
