Tyra Trevellyn wrote:
From: (dstvns)
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2003 1:42 PM
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who wrote:
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...the salt is almost always ineffective toward slugs because
they shed the outer coat, leaving the salt behind and move on to your
plants twice as hungry because they lost so much water.
Is this actually true? I see little dried-up crispy things left after I go on
a slug-salting foray (which I haven't done in years). Those nasty critters
must have secret slug rehydration teams that come around when we're not
looking.....
Best,
Tyra
nNJ usa z7a
I wonder about this as well. After salting, all that was left on the
siding were 2 streamy blobs, which did not retain the shape of a slug.
It looked like Big Foot hocked a couple of giant lugies and spit them on
our house!
Why is salt bad for the yard? I have heard of people spreading epsom
salt on their yard. Also, I have used elemental sulfur to reduce the pH
in our yard (we seem to have the only alkaline yard in the area...before
the sulfur all my azaleas died...then I had the soil tested).
Heidi
Raleigh, NC