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Old 16-06-2009, 05:31 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default A bucket of salty slugs and snails


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-06-16 16:23:33 +0100, "Sheila" said:
You could use beer traps but water doesn't work. They seem to just climb
out of the buckets when I've tried that. Salt water kills them.
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If the OP is worried about the salt content then, why not dilute the bucket
and then compost? You would only need to fill the bucket 3/4 inches of
salty water?