Originally Posted by CarolLady
Originally Posted by stitchofclass2
Originally Posted by CarolLady
Suzi! Have you tried scraping (w/a potato peeler) Irish Spring soap on your plants? I do this about once a month or so and it keeps the deer and rabbits from eating my hosta. I use the bits of soap left over after bathing. Also, treat for slugs or they will make my hosta leaves "lacy".
Are you saying the irish spring soap keeps the slugs off your hosta, too? If so, I am definitely going to try that!
Sorry! The Irish Spring does NOT keep the slugs away. I have to buy slug stuff. If you need the name, I can go out to the garage and get it for you. It really works. Do it when the hosta is fully leafed and then maybe twice in the summer. (Wisconsin)
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Ny dad used to cut the bottom two inches off a milk jug and put beer into it and lay it in the garden attracted the slugs and they drowned. He also rigged a milk jug bottom to a light outside and put in dishwater. The light attracted the bugs and they fell in and drowned in the soapy water.