Hi Pauline~
I have a lot of slugs too. I use Sluggo (doesn't hurt pets, birds, etc) but I
am diligent about carrying a pair of sissors with me in the early AM or PM
especially just after a rain. I just snip the slugs in half and leave them
there. The population of slugs is going down though I still get some damage.
It's not so much that I can't tolerate it though.
margaret lauterbach wrote:
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Linda in Longview, WA
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Slugs do a great job of breaking down compost...just so long as they simply
stay in the compost pile. Toads, and snakes...will eat them...and so do
some birds, if they aren't offered Pauline's birdfood dessert and a slimy
slug main course.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
A root is a flower that disdains fame.
No redeeming features, huh? I guess that's why calling someone a "lazy
slug" or "slimy slug" carries a connotation of contempt--besides a slug
being disgusting-looking. It's funny that even the birds didn't want to
eat them. Maybe you could stuff them in an escargot shell and send them
to George?
Karen in zone 6/5b
Pittsburgh, PA
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For heavens' sake, Pauline, just get a spray bottle and fill it with 50%
water, 50% ammonia, and spray it on your slugs. For maximum effect, use a
flashlight in one hand and the spritzer in the other (if you have a third
hand, keep it hidden or else the neighbors will peek) and spray them at
night, when they're cruising. A few nights of that and your slug population
will be greatly reduced. Margaret L
I know our toads eat the slugs and we encourage them. Last month they
were singing in the garbage can lids. We put the lids in shallow
depressions in the garden, fill them with water and leave them for the
toads to mate in then we watch the eggs hatch and hop into the garden.
Not many survive to be adult because I've seen birds and snakes take
them. Guess the babies don't taste bad like the adults. When we raised
ducks we gave them free access to the garden, they ate a little bit of
greenery but sure ate a lot of slugs. Doubt if they would eat those
8-foot slugs they have in the PNW though.
As an aside, any recipe for escargot should be good for slugs, just
don't addict the birds to garlic butter.
George, enjoying a day off
Pauline wrote:
Thanks Barb I can always count on you to give me thorough and complete
picture ---and with a few laughs to boot! (I overdo everything, so you know
I overdo the birdfeeding too!).
Let me see---hmmm---keep the slugs---build a copper "corral" around them
to keep them in the compost. Allow the toads to eat them ---then allow the
snakes to come in and eat the toads-----
See what you have started?
Pauline
Wilmington, NC
Gardening Zone 8
pauline@ec.rr.com
simply
Oh No----it keeps getting worse, now I have to get a cookbook on how to
prepare and garnish slugs for my birds!
Pauline
Wilmington, NC
Gardening Zone 8
pauline@ec.rr.com
I haven't seen any damage from it in my yard, but you might want to test it
on a single leaf on especially valuable plants. Margaret L
Margaret, won't that spray hurt plants/grass?
Pauline
Wilmington, NC
Gardening Zone 8
pauline@ec.rr.com
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> eat them. Maybe you could stuff them in an escargot shell and send
them
A copper corral compost feature...do you have the right finials to properly
decorate this contraption? You know you'll need several toadhouses to
handle your guests...snakes can double up with the toads, can't they?
Which color mulch tablecloth is going under the birdfeeder? I think
lavender for the bluebirds and jays...but that might clash with the
cardinals...how about a pleasant soft yellow?
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
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