I got to work at 6 am this morning I came home at 6pm and continued to work. Lots of "interesting" Stuff going on right now . So as I was on the phone with my bosses boss I took a walk in my garden. Mosquitoes ate me alive but I did not mind. Until I saw slug or snail damage to my alpine strawberries. I quarantined the container right away.
As I was strolling I found slugs or snails in the act of eating my flipper potato plants as well. Not a big deal as you have seen in last weeks garden update but still.
So my question is. How do I deal with these monsters before they do too much damage or they spread to my other sensitive crops?
Help!!
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Ah ha! The Canadian mint made copper pennies until 1996. They are still copper plated. Slugs do not like to cross copper wire -- how about pennies?
Okay, I've never tried copper but thought I'd check that out . .
Sluggo makes an organic slug bait. It works well and I use it every spring in the greenhouse. Pricey and it melts with water. Slugs look real sick after eating it and they die. The claim: it amounts to a fertilizer altho' toxic to slugs & snails. The organic is not supposed to be dangerous to other animals.
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Okay, I've never tried copper but thought I'd check that out . .
Sluggo makes an organic slug bait. It works well and I use it every spring in the greenhouse. Pricey and it melts with water. Slugs look real sick after eating it and they die. The claim: it amounts to a fertilizer altho' toxic to slugs & snails. The organic is not supposed to be dangerous to other animals.
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Well, even with the bait, you may still have to go out early in the morning or in the evening with a flashlight and hand pick them. For every slug or snail you find, you can assume there is probably 10 you missed.
I can usually find slugs and snails under pots, rocks, in the weeds especially where it is wet, and they will even be inside the potted plants chomping on the roots so I have to put a screen barrier in the pot so they won't come in through the drain holes. Slugs and snails climb on the house, trees, fences and onto benches so you just have to be diligent.
I can usually find slugs and snails under pots, rocks, in the weeds especially where it is wet, and they will even be inside the potted plants chomping on the roots so I have to put a screen barrier in the pot so they won't come in through the drain holes. Slugs and snails climb on the house, trees, fences and onto benches so you just have to be diligent.
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Seems to me we put out saucers full of beer which kills off the slugs.
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