Re: Escar-Go

I bought Deadline last year and then lost courage. Afraid to use it. I
confess that in the past I have resorted to handpicking snails, including
the tiny ones, but have to admit it is tedious and unpleasant.

A man in my garden club has success with good old beer--and the way he
does it is to slosh a few drops into jar lids and turn them upside down.
The trace of beer attracts the slugs and they are still there in the
morning, inside the lids, when he polices the yard. He sends them to slug
heaven and repeats the process that evening. You do need to save jar lids,
or have your friends save them for you.

I intend to try Don's method this spring. I'll let you know if I trap a
significant number of slugs that way.

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6

On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Louise Niemer wrote:

> There is a product that I use when absolutely desperate - "Deadline".  Comes
> in a bottle, looks like liquid lead.  I believe it has cyanide (not sure).
> Slugs are attracted to it and are out there "gasping" in the morning.
> Environmentally, it is probably a nightmare.  My usual option is to lie old
> pieces of board (about 10-12" long) on the ground.  In the morning, go
> around with a bucket of water, pick up each board and dunk it to wash off
> the slugs on the bottom side.  There are always a lot of them snoozing under
> on the ground as well that I pick up and pitch in the bucket.  I usually
> only have to do this for a few weeks while the new/tender foliage is
> emerging.
>
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