"Joanne & Ned" wrote in message
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Should I use slug/snail bait or is there an alternative? The asparagus
bed
is a few years established, but this is my first year here. I see spears
starting out - but then they get chewed off so I'm assuming slugs.

My suggestion for slug hunting: go out one rainy (or least, dewy) morning
with a plastic bag. Look in crevices, under vegetation, etc. Pick as many as
you can, and toss them into the plastic bag. Knot the bag. Put in the
freezer. Take out the next day and throw in the trash.

This method is both humane (my husband thinks humane slug killing is silly,
but there you have it) and organic, and I have found it to be effective,
too.


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