Guest guest Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Believe me, I have tried beer and every other remedy ever suggested, short of sitting up nights with a shotgun! Beer traps will capture not only slugs but beneficial creatures, and the slug and snail- specific baits (non-injurious to other life forms) sorta work. I've settled for trapping them under boards (they eat my garden by night, creep under boards to hide at sunrise, like vampires), scooping them and giving them to the hens. Not a perfect solution, I know... ~ irene > If you don't mind destroying them, you can put out a shallow pan of > beer in which the slugs drown. If you can be cruel you can put salt > on them, this dries them up and I can't handle it. > Diana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm coming to this late, but the best slug killer I've ever found is a dilute ammonia water spray. My fil's house was on the national Hosta tour one year and we had to minimize the slug damage. Every morning when the slugs were still out I'd go out and mist the gardens. He had so many slugs I was worried about the amount of ammonia I was putting down but there didn't seem to be any detrimental effect. Amy **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://\ ad.doubleclick. net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Slugs are bad here in dark, moist places. My FIL's garden is in a wooded area, he gets them so bad. Doug tells me about the banana slugs he used to see in the Pacific Northwest. Ours are much smaller, thankfully! Earwigs are icky!! I got bit by one once the first night we lived in our house. The house had been empty a few months, it was hot, and one fell off the ceiling, landed on my hip and CHOMP! I hate them. I mostly see them in damp areas too, like the sink and I just try to wash them down. I figure if they crawl back out after I leave the room they'd better hustle up and get gone before I come back! My kids get freaked out by the fairly large centipedes we sometimes get in our basement.amy In a message dated 2/6/2009 7:51:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, thelilacflower writes: Now are these a problem in other states? I'm in L.A. And I harfly ever see slugs. Snails will come out after the rain now and then. Judy told me about lovebugs which I thought was a made up name to call a sweetheart. What is an earwig is that a bug too? Donna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _akfral_ (akfral) Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:44:03 <_@vegetarian_gveg_ ( ) > [vegetarian_[veg I'm coming to this late, but the best slug killer I've ever found is a dilute ammonia water spray. My fil's house was on the national Hosta tour one year and we had to minimize the slug damage. Every morning when the slugs were still out I'd go out and mist the gardens. He had so many slugs I was worried about the amount of ammonia I was putting down but there didn't seem to be any detrimental effect. Amy ************************<WBR>**Great Deals on Dell Laptops. S (_http://pr.atwola.http://pr.atwhttp://pr.atwolahttp://pr.atwolahttp://pr.http ://pr.http://pr.at_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://\ ad.doubleclick.) net/clk;211531132;net/clk;2net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://\ ad.doubleclick. net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 OH EWWWWWWWWW! Never had that particular displeasure! Amy In a message dated 2/6/2009 5:02:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tamesonob writes: I have to say though there's nothing worse than stepping on a slug barefoot! The goo doesn't wipe off like poop or mud, it doesn't even come off in just plain water **************Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://\ ad.doubleclick. net/clk;211531132;33070124;e) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Okay, its been a couple of days since reading emails so Im behind, but I feel the need to add my 2 cents worth on this one, heh. When my little brother was around 2 he LOVED to work in the garden with my mother. Of course his idea of working in the garden was wearing ONLY a diaper (which I still have pics of!) and getting as muddy and dirty as possible. So one day he picked up a slug and carried it around nearly the whole day as if it were a new pet. Of course my mother kept attempting to either 1) stay away from him 2) get the slug away from him.......and not suceeding in either. Later that day Justin comes to my mom saying he wants to make the slug naked.......this means taking off its outer skin........he somehow figured out how to do that, poor slug did NOT survive my brother that day. ________________________________ " akfral " <akfral Friday, February 6, 2009 8:31:24 PM Re: slugs OH EWWWWWWWWW! Never had that particular displeasure! Amy In a message dated 2/6/2009 5:02:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tamesonob@metrocast .net writes: I have to say though there's nothing worse than stepping on a slug barefoot! The goo doesn't wipe off like poop or mud, it doesn't even come off in just plain water ************ **Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola. com/promoclk/ 100000075x121788 3258x1201191827/ aol?redir= http://ad. doubleclick. net/clk;211531132; 33070124; e) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 I have wondered about ways that So. Cal. and Florida are similar and different. Bugs must be a huge difference. Donna, do you have lizards or ants? I used to think it weird how my Ohio cousins would LOVE catching lizards and try to keep them as pets. Cassie " life's a garden, dig it! " Sent from my iPhone On Feb 6, 2009, at 5:00 PM, " Tameson " <tamesonob wrote: I've never been tremendously overrun with slugs, but I've also always had chickens and geese and they do take care of a multitude of pests. (Now if I could just convince the shrews that my living room is not the place for them I'll be all set). I have to say though there's nothing worse than stepping on a slug barefoot! The goo doesn't wipe off like poop or mud, it doesn't even come off in just plain water - you have to use soap, and I generally don't keep that outside. Yuck! Donna, slugs like damp - LA doesn't strike me as damp - that's probably why you don't have a problem with slugs. Earwigs - http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2068.html - There a whole different thing, but essential for breaking things down. Where I live, we have too many trees, and because we have too many trees we have too many stumps and logs and branches and stuff littering the ground. Earwigs take care of that. I leave earwigs alone, or move them to a mushy log where they'll be happy to live out the rest of their days. Tameson - <thelilacflower > Now are these a problem in other states? I'm in L.A. And I harfly ever > see slugs. Snails will come out after the rain now and then. Judy told > me about lovebugs which I thought was a made up name to call a sweetheart. > What is an earwig is that a bug too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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