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Gerta
Farmgirl at Heart
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Nancy
Dawson Creek
B.C
Canada
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 Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 7:29:48 PM
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 Hi I am a retired farmerette I had a 5 acre berry farm then got very sick and had to quit I ran it all by myself i'm 68 now so my kids talked me into moveing up north to be by them. I felt it was a good idea too. so here I am in a house in town with a big yard so I can still garden I have a problem and hopefully someone can help me what do i do with slugs????????? I have tons of them . any way I am sure glad to find this site so hopefully i will get to be on it to talk to everyone |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 7:40:16 PM
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Welcome Gerta! Glad to have you on board. I spent my summers as a kid picking berries. I have fond memories of those day.
We traveled through Dawson Creek on our way to live in Tok, AK several years ago. It was -50 and lots of snow.
Slugs! bleck! I understand, I use COrrey's Slug and snail bait as noting else I know really works. It says it won't harm animals and isn't a harsh chemical. Plus it still works even after a rain. Beer traps are messy and a friend had raccoons drinking up the beer. I know of those who will go out at night and hand pick the snails and slugs by hand and putting them in a bucket of strong salt water or bleach water. So I reckon it is a matter of the time and effort you want to put into it. I like simple. Again, welcome to the forum, see you around! SImply. Julia
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 11:19:29 AM
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| Welcome Gerta/Nancy...I live down in Washington State, where our state animal is The Slug...seems like it anyway..I use a product called Sluggo, it is VERY animal safe...also you can use Diatomaceous Earth (D.E.) which will also take care of earwigs and etc.Sluggo works better than the D.E. in the winter though..good luck Fellow Farm Girl!! |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 2:42:21 PM
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| Gerta, I don't have a slug problem so I can't help you there, but I can welcome you to a fun and information packed website. You might want to post your question in the garden forum. Diane, that cracks me up, the slug is your state animal! LOL Jan |
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blanket of stars
True Blue Farmgirl
51 Posts
Kat
Hancock
NH
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Posted - Sep 22 2005 : 1:18:12 PM
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Gerta, the organic way I always used was BEER. Pour beer into a saucer or small dish and leave it in the area the slugs are in. They'll happily drown themselves.
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gracie
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Gracie
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Sep 22 2005 : 1:28:00 PM
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Kat,
That is way too funny!!!! My mother-in-law used to use beer in her fish fry batter, and the only reason was so she could drink the other half of the bottle. I loved her dearly and will miss her always.
life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
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jenny louise
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
jennifer
cass city
MI
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2005 : 05:36:19 AM
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Geta, I had always heard of beer as well, and tried it but I don'e have too big a slug problem. Julia, that is too funny that raccoons drank the beer from the traps! I would probably have the same problem as we have lots of raccoons. I bought ducks, and they really do eat up slugs and other creepy crawlys. But I had to replace them with a new batch, as I lost alot to raccoons and old age. I bought Indian Runners last year and they are not good debuggers at all. The original were Khaki Campbells, and they were content to rummage through all of the gardens all day, eating up bugs, and would come back to the shed at night and sleep. I never know where those darned runners are,(hence the name?)and have no idea where they sleep.
You paobably couldn't keep a duck in town, but if you could, they sure do the trick. Jenny Louise |
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