In article ,
Bourne Identity wrote:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:03:02 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet
wrote:

In article .com,
"Art" wrote:

Hello everyone,

We recently move to San Antonio and bought a house that was not
occupied for about 6 months. So the lawn was dry, some plants died,
etc.

We were surprised when walking around in the backyard at night by the
large population of slugs. We caught about 50 or 60 just last night and
this morning. They are the black color slugs.

Have you had an infestation like this? Will just hand pick them do? Any
tips?

Thanks,
Art


Pans of dark ale.
They prefer it to beer (much to our surprise!).

It's the yeast they are attracted to, not the beer itself.

Well, the thing is, we tried beer in the past and caught a few, but one
day dad was out of beer and used a bottle of dark ale. They were going
after his marigolds and he grows those for his Kombucha herbal mixtures.
Marigolds are a wonderful source of lycopenes and other nutrients.

So, he grabbed a bottle of dark ale out of the refrigerator and use it
instead. The next morning, there were more than 3 times the usual number
of slugs in the pans!

It appears they have expensive tastes in "yeast products". ;-)

This is a good organic way to kill slugs.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson