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rachael hamblin
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April 08, 2008, 11:12:07 PM |
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Are there any ways to discourage slugs that doesn't involve killing them? Suggestions for plants that either keep them away, or that they especially like that could be planted to keep them from eating other things, would be especially awesome.
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paul wheaton
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April 09, 2008, 07:48:39 AM |
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Oh wow! Yeah! That is a great idea!
Now .... just what would be the plants ....
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alexisavoire
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April 11, 2008, 02:45:29 PM |
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Other barriers that slugs don’t like to cross are sand, seaweed, lime and salt. Don’t put too much salt around your garden as this can damage your soil and kill your plants.
Beer traps are another non-poisonous way to get control of a slug problem. For some reason slugs find beer irresistible. Take cans that have just a couple of inches of beer in the bottom of them and bury them to the lip in your garden. The slugs will fall into the beer and become trapped. You should change the beer every few days to keep the smell fresh. Another way to use beer traps is to fill shallow dishes with beer and scatter them about your garden. Empty the traps every couple of days and replace with fresh beer.
Putting sharp substances around your plants is a good way to keep them free of slugs. Slugs have soft bodies and do not like to crawl over sharp things. You can sprinkle broken eggshells or pine needles around your plants and these will provide a good mulch and fertilizer for your soil as well as keeping the slugs away.
If you put a few leaves of lettuce out in your garden bed at night you can lure the slugs away from your plants. In the morning you will find the slugs on the lettuce leaves and you can dispose of them. You can also put a wooden board in your garden and the slugs will hide under it during the day and you can turn it over and dispose of them.
Another safe method for repelling slugs is copper tape. Slugs’ bodies react with an electrical jolt when they touch copper. Put copper tape around your vulnerable plants and the slugs will not cross over it. The copper tape will last a long time and you can pull it up to use again next year.
-Christina Sostarich Getting Rid of Slugs wo poison
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rachael hamblin
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April 11, 2008, 11:39:41 PM |
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Any ideas why slugs don't like to cross sand and seaweed? Would it hurt the slugs or just discourage them? Those both sound like good possibilities, especially the seaweed as it's also great for soil.
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