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Favorite Fabrics 06-11-2011 06:08 PM

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Ugggh. Slugs and snails. Wet spring, nearly daily showers, that's great weather for these nasty creatures.

Ok, I get that they are nature's recycling team first-responders, but there are too many of them!

Does anyone have suggestions? Do I need to rent some ducks? I've read that they like slugs... plenty of protein and oh so juicy :thumbdown:

Slugs like onion flowers.
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Snails like everything else including spiderwort (tradescantia) I count at least six here, and you're only seeing a quarter of the plant!
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babyfireo4 06-11-2011 06:11 PM

eww... do they hurt the plants or is it just the yuck factor?

cherrio 06-11-2011 06:13 PM

salt on the slugs will kill em. don't know about snails other than crackled eggshells around your plants, it cuts em up so they can't cross em

cherrio 06-11-2011 06:13 PM

they eat/shredding the leaves

cherrio 06-11-2011 06:15 PM

they love my hosta! pita!!

erstan947 06-11-2011 06:16 PM

beer is jar lids attracts them and does the same as salt.
Growing up in California we had lots of them. Ducks took care of them in short order. Maybe rent a duck:)

Tink's Mom 06-11-2011 06:17 PM

I remember putting a shallow dish of beer in the garden...they are attracted to it and don't leave the dish...

blueangel 06-11-2011 06:18 PM

I hate those nasty things. Ate all my hostas one year.

amma 06-11-2011 06:18 PM

Ewww Ewww Ewww Better you than me LOL
I hope you can get rid of them soon :D:D:D

Annaquilts 06-11-2011 06:19 PM

LOL


Originally Posted by Tink's Mom
I remember putting a shallow dish of beer in the garden...they are attracted to it and don't leave the dish...



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