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Urban Wildlife wrote: Skylark;924798 Wrote: On May 29, 8:56*am, Bennewby wrote:- Does anyone have any good ways to deter slugs? Preferably without using slug pellets.... My strawberries are looking really good and healthy but I have noticed quite a few leaves are being eaten and there are slug trails on them -- Bennewby- if you can or can find a way... get some COPPER "shavings" and place them around the plants upon which you wish to save. you can usually find or buy copper shavings at lumber/timber yards; metal 'carving' stores; best bet, tho' is through an art supply store; even a frame shop is sure to have what you need!! ---- if you go to one or all of those places, you can tell them your sad story, even bring a leaf or 2 with the place(s) you go to and lay it on thickly. OR!! BEST THING of ALL? get up at dawnlight or e'vning light; grab a pair of tongs which REALLY close tightly; and a 3lb. EMPTY can of coffee in which you fill with approximately 1/2 of the can with salt water; ratio of salt:water... 2/3 table salt to 1/3 tap water. when you find tracks of the slugs, use the tongs OR a garden-gloved hand to pick up EVERY slug you see and place DIRECTLY into salt water!! do NOT for ANY REASON fill the can with PLAIN water, dump slugs/snails into THAT and then go to dump can of plain water, slugs/ snails onto nearest concrete or cemented pavement and try to stomp the life out of them..... because, GET THIS: ALL SNAILS &/OR SLUGS lead a double life: they are ALL hermaphrodites--meaning they are all male and female at the same time AND the females carry their eggs which are encased in a plastic-type of casing which is ALMOST impossible to break unless you have a KNIFE with you to CUT INTO the casings!!!!!!!!!!!! on the other hand, the salt water "smothers" them--cuts off their ability to survive: TOTALLY!!!!!!! PHEW!!!!!!!! i sure hope this answers your question(s)?!!!? warm regards from "suddenly" zone 6 in western new hamster. try filling a old pair of tights with road salt place them on ya border FOR AN INSTANT CURE !!! The above may be someone's idea of a joke, but to be sure that there is no miss understanding, adding salt to garden soil is a very dumb idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_salinity Causes of soil salinity Salt-affected soils are caused by excess accumulation of salts, typically most pronounced at the soil surface. Salts can be transported to the soil surface by capillary transport from a salt laden water table and then accumulate due to evaporation. They can also be concentrated in soils due to human activity, for example the use of potassium as fertilizer, which can form sylvite, a naturally occurring salt. As soil salinity increases, salt effects can result in degradation of soils and vegetation. Salinization is a process that results from: € high levels of salt in the soils. € landscape features that allow salts to become mobile. (movement of water table) € climatic trends that favor accumulation. € human activities such as land clearing, aquaculture activities and the salting of icy roads.[2] Consequences of salinity The consequences of salinity are € detrimental effects on plant growth and yield € damage to infrastructure (roads, bricks, corrosion of pipes and cables) € reduction of water quality for users, sedimentation problems € soil erosion ultimately, when crops are too strongly affected by the amounts of salts. Salinity is an important land degradation problem. Soil salinity can be reduced by leaching soluble salts out of soil with excess irrigation water. Soil salinity control involves watertable control and flushing in combination with tile drainage or another form of subsurface drainage.[4][5] A comprehensive treatment of soil salinity is available from the FAO.[6] High levels of soil salinity can be tolerated if salt-tolerant plants are grown. Sensitive crops lose their vigor already in slightly saline soils, most crops are negatively affected by (moderately) saline soils, and only salinity resistant crops thrive in severely saline soils. The University of Wyoming [7] and the Government of Alberta [8] report data on the salt tolerance of plants. -- - Billy Mad dog Republicans to the right. Democratic spider webs to the left. True conservatives, and liberals not to be found anywhere in the phantasmagoria of the American political landscape. America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/.../michael-moore /michael-moore-says-400-americans-have-more-wealth-/ |
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