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Cleaning Up:  Slugs how to get rid of them  |
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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 : 7:42:30 PM
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 I would like to know what everyone else does to get rid of slugs. I am over run with them they eat and eat everything. help. |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 8:29:24 PM
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I tried a remedy recommended by a friend around my strawberries this year and it worked...dried horsetail. I just pulled it and let it dry on trays in the greenhouse, then mulched around the strawberries.
Live a good and honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time. |
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whispering pines
True Blue Farmgirl
428 Posts
patricia
sedro woolley
wa
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 8:37:53 PM
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| I use crushed egg shells. the slugs do not like to cross over them. So far it has worked and my slugs are huge. Hope it works for you... |
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crazymoose
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Caryn
Auburn
WA
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Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 09:41:17 AM
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Ducks will eat slugs. Slugs do not like to cross over sharp objects. I have heard marigolds are supposed to keep slugs away.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944) |
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amystew
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Amy
Eureka
CA
USA
52 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 10:08:10 AM
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I have a friend who makes a little morning ritual of hand-picking them. She takes the plastic bag the newspaper is wrapped in and wanders through the garden, checking on everything and picking up snails and slugs as well. They all go in the plastic bag (you can sort of pick the slimy slugs up with the bag) and then she ties a knot in the bag and dumps it in the trash on her way back in.
I use a pet-safe snail bait called Sluggo. It's iron phosphate coated in cornstach. I was also pleased to see that my youngest hen, Bess, has developed a real taste for snails & slugs and will find one that's bigger than her head and run around the garden, squawking loudly to show off her treasure, before murdering it with her little beak! Gross, but at least she's earning her keep! (not to mention the eggs that she'll eventually get around to laying.)
I don't use the Sluggo in the area where the hens forage. Even though it's pet-safe, chickens love to peck at little shiny objects, and I was afraid they would go around hunting out the little pellets and ingest too many of them...not to mention the fact that it would be a waste of bait!
Gardener, chicken lover, worm wrangler
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Lacy
True Blue Farmgirl
114 Posts
Lacy
Dallas
Texas
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Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 10:25:30 AM
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On a side note, and just because I find it amusing, my mini poodle is also an excellent slug and snail deterrant. He eats them like candy when they're out!  |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 11:27:35 AM
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| Sluggo and Diatomaceuos Earth are the bestproducts to erradicate slugs! |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 1:57:17 PM
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| Beer in a saucer. If they gotta go, they may as well go happy. |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2005 : 7:19:42 PM
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Marigolds !!!! ROFL
They eat my marigolds so fast you wouldnt know I had any.
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
760 Posts |
Posted - Sep 22 2005 : 4:55:25 PM
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Marigolds get credited with deterring a lot of stuff that they just don't. Not bunnies, not slugs, not anything. The beer in a saucer works great. I put them around the plants that the slugs prefer (my hostas mostly) and it seems to do the trick. I love the image of the young hen running around with a slug in her mouth.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
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