I have used beer very successfully every year. I scoop out a small
indentation in the ground and put in an empty, small-sized tuna fish
can filled with beer. I set these little beer traps in various areas
in my yard and they always have many slugs in them in the morning.
If you have patio pots, I would set some of the pots' saucers in a
larger shallow dish or pan (so as not to have the beer absorb up into
the plant soil) and fill that larger one with beer. They're sure to
fall into it on their way up the pot to the plant.

ctlady


On Jun 23, 12:21*pm, Bill wrote:
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*hakakahn wrote:
Bill R;799810 Wrote:
Kevin Cherkauer wrote:-
I have found the iron phosphate slug pellets work great. Iron
phosphate
occurs naturally in soil and is basically a plant nutrient, so these
are
considered non-toxic and can be used in vegetable gardens, around
pets, etc.

My family tried the beer trick when I was growing up -- IMO it's a
complete
myth. We might have drowned a grand total of one slug that way, out of
the
about five billion of them swarming over our garden.

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I have used the beer "trick" and have had great success with it. *The
"trick" is to use stale beer, you have to let it "age" before the slugs

will be attracted to it. *They other "trick" is to use shallow
containers, ones that the slugs don't have to do a lot of climbing to
get to. *Also, placement is important. *Place the containers in
"sheltered" areas. *I found shady areas to be better than sunny areas.

As I say beer doesn't work, never has s I'm not sure boards would.
I don't have room for toads etc...
So I guess I have to get pellets and kill them, which I hate doing.
Dopes anyone have any reccs for non-animal harming ones?

This Morning are covering slugs This Morning today and they suggest all
the usual natural things that don't work. It made me email in to say
'they don't work'!!

*Iron phosphate slug pellets work great worth repeating. *If you are
inclined to go out and spray your slugs a saturated solution of aluminum
sulfate with kill them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_sulfate

http://en.mimi.hu/gardening/aluminum_sulfate.html

http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/a2914.htm

*Bill

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