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Old 17-12-2002, 07:02 PM
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Giving some more thoughts on the snail problem to keep them at bay i
remembered a device that i used in asia to catch rats.
It was a plastic plate around 16 inches in diameter on which was
applied some very sticky goo substance. In the centre was placed some
bait and when the rat stepped onto the plate to get the bait he got
stuck to the plate until he was despatched .
Now this goo stuff is extremely sticky and would have no trouble
stopping a snail as it has no trouble with an angry rat.
All that is needed is to cut the plate in 2 sections allowing a hole
in the middle for the plant stem and the 2 parts are assembled around
the stem.
Then every day or 2 all that is needed is to pull off the snails from
the goo.
This should stop them all in their tracks for sure and is a simple
device ,no need for pellets or toxic substances or waste of good beer
!
The only thing is maybe birds might get stuck by accident so a wire
mesh cover over the plate offset by about 1.3/4 supported on a
central pedestal allowing the snails to get onto the sticky plate.

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Old 17-12-2002, 11:08 PM
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It was a plastic plate around 16 inches in diameter on which was
applied some very sticky goo substance.


What is the goo made from?


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Old 18-12-2002, 09:24 AM
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Wouldn't the plate just get covered with stuck leaves etc. giving the snails
a bridge to cross? Maybe this isn't a problem where you saw them used
before?

Apparently coffee works well. 2% concentration kills 92% of slugs and
snails. 0.1% is enough for a deterent ( a double strength cup of coffee ). I
haven't tried myself but my father-in-law regularly puts used coffee grounds
out and says they seem to be working.

Martin


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Old 19-12-2002, 06:07 PM
 
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An old man told me how to keep slugs and snails off my Dahlia plants. He
said buy steel wool and pull it apart so as to stretch it out. Put the
steel wool around the base of the plant you want to protect. The slugs
and snails never go over the steel wool. I use this method every year.
Ed

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Old 20-12-2002, 03:33 AM
Hussein M.
 
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Default Snail problem cracked i think

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 03:35:48 GMT,
(Rodger Whitlock) wrote:

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:46:03 +0000, HaaRoy
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:08:54 -0000, "Drakanthus"
wrote:

It was a plastic plate around 16 inches in diameter on which was
applied some very sticky goo substance.

What is the goo made from?


A similarly sticky goop, "Tanglefoot", used to band trees against
winter moth here, is made from castor oil, not petroleum.


Yes. I was wondering about the assumption that it was petroleum based.
For one thing it seems like a bit of a folksy remedy rather than the
result of petrochemical marketing (otherwise we would all be aware of
"the new slug cure"). As the poster said that he had seen it in Asia,
I wondered whether it was the latex from a rubber tree which certainly
meets the description. T'would be hard for the money men to package
that and market it cost effectively in small quantities for a
specialised use.


Grow a little garden

Hussein
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Old 20-12-2002, 07:53 PM
HaaRoy
 
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 02:33:34 +0000, Hussein M.
wrote:

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 03:35:48 GMT,
(Rodger Whitlock) wrote:

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:46:03 +0000, HaaRoy
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:08:54 -0000, "Drakanthus"
wrote:

It was a plastic plate around 16 inches in diameter on which was
applied some very sticky goo substance.

What is the goo made from?


A similarly sticky goop, "Tanglefoot", used to band trees against
winter moth here, is made from castor oil, not petroleum.


Yes. I was wondering about the assumption that it was petroleum based.
For one thing it seems like a bit of a folksy remedy rather than the
result of petrochemical marketing (otherwise we would all be aware of
"the new slug cure"). As the poster said that he had seen it in Asia,
I wondered whether it was the latex from a rubber tree which certainly
meets the description. T'would be hard for the money men to package
that and market it cost effectively in small quantities for a
specialised use.


Grow a little garden

Hussein


it had the usual smell of something like Bostic or one of those
similar.
it didnt look like a latex type of goo.

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