I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts the
slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they forget
to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase the
effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution if
it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives? Do
they burrow into the soil in the pots?

Fry the little critters in butter and eat them for a snack while you
drink cheap beer. They are very tasty especially after the third six
pack!

"EVP MAN" wrote in message
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Fry the little critters in butter and eat them for a snack while you
drink cheap beer. They are very tasty especially after the third six
pack!


And you could stick your face in it to pluck them out, like bobbing for
apples.

Paul

In article ,
"Paul M. Cook" wrote:

I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts the
slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they forget
to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase the
effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution if
it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives? Do
they burrow into the soil in the pots?

You sure, you should be gardening?
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html

"Billy" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Paul M. Cook" wrote:

I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling
with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts
the
slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget
to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase the
effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution
if
it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do
they burrow into the soil in the pots?

You sure, you should be gardening?
--

OK, so this means you have nothing of any use to say?

Paul

On Sun, 23 May 2010 00:17:35 -0700, "Paul M. Cook"
wrote:


"Billy" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Paul M. Cook" wrote:

I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling
with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts
the
slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget
to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase the
effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution
if
it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do
they burrow into the soil in the pots?

You sure, you should be gardening?
--

OK, so this means you have nothing of any use to say?

Paul



I doubt it, but it looks like this newsgroup is getting closer to
"dead."

"Phisherman" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 May 2010 00:17:35 -0700, "Paul M. Cook"
wrote:


"Billy" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Paul M. Cook" wrote:

I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling
with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer
attracts
the
slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget
to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase the
effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical
solution
if
it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do
they burrow into the soil in the pots?

You sure, you should be gardening?
--

OK, so this means you have nothing of any use to say?

Paul



I doubt it, but it looks like this newsgroup is getting closer to
"dead."

It's a shame. I've been a newsgroup junkie since 88. Sorry to see it all
pass.

Paul

In article ,
"Paul M. Cook" wrote:

"Phisherman" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 23 May 2010 00:17:35 -0700, "Paul M. Cook"
wrote:


"Billy" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Paul M. Cook" wrote:

I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling
with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer
attracts
the
slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget
to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase the
effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical
solution
if
it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do
they burrow into the soil in the pots?

You sure, you should be gardening?
--

OK, so this means you have nothing of any use to say?

Paul



I doubt it, but it looks like this newsgroup is getting closer to
"dead."

It's a shame. I've been a newsgroup junkie since 88. Sorry to see it all
pass.

Paul

According to goggle groups you have not posted that much till 2008 and
I'd guess your number increase is due to cross posting.

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
What use one more wake up call?

On Sat, 22 May 2010 22:35:30 -0700, "Paul M. Cook"
wrote:

I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts the
slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they forget
to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase the
effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution if
it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives? Do
they burrow into the soil in the pots?



Iron Phosphate is a good bait. Slugs don't like to cross metal
strips, hair, sharp sand, ashes. I keep a small (wild) box turtle in
my garden to eat the slugs.

"Paul M. Cook" wrote in message
...
I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts
the slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase
the effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution
if it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do they burrow into the soil in the pots?


The beer works great. The dish needs to be shallow enough for them to get
into. They are attracted to the beer, get into the dish and then cannot get
out and drown. You'll be amazed at how many you'll find. Each day, there
will be fewer and fewer. When I had this problem, I used several dishes. It
only took about 3-4 days until they were all gone. HTH

Gloria

In article ,
"Gloria" wrote:

"Paul M. Cook" wrote in message
...
I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts
the slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase
the effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution
if it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do they burrow into the soil in the pots?


The beer works great. The dish needs to be shallow enough for them to get
into. They are attracted to the beer, get into the dish and then cannot get
out and drown. You'll be amazed at how many you'll find. Each day, there
will be fewer and fewer. When I had this problem, I used several dishes. It
only took about 3-4 days until they were all gone. HTH

Gloria

Sometimes you can just put down a board in the garden, raised a bit off
of the ground, and the next day you will find your snails and slugs on
the underside of the board. Keep a tab on the amount of beer that your
gastropods are going through. Iron (ferris) phosphate is pretty much
only poisonous to gastropods (not kitty cats, puppies, or rug rats) but
it is a little pricey, $25/2.5 lbs from Sluggo and $25/5 lbs from
Ecosense (Ortho). I used to have herds of gastropods grazing my garden
at night, now it is the occasional one in spots that I over looked.
There are still plenty of snails and slugs in my yard, just not in my
garden. The pellets are water resistant and last about 2 weeks. The best
part is that I don't have to do anymore nighttime patrols with my
flashlight.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html

On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:28:16 -0500, "Gloria"
wrote:


"Paul M. Cook" wrote in message
...
I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts
the slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase
the effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution
if it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do they burrow into the soil in the pots?


The beer works great. The dish needs to be shallow enough for them to get
into. They are attracted to the beer, get into the dish and then cannot get
out and drown. You'll be amazed at how many you'll find. Each day, there
will be fewer and fewer. When I had this problem, I used several dishes. It
only took about 3-4 days until they were all gone. HTH

Gloria


I have tried beer traps a dozen times. It did not do squat. Tried
yeast water, same deal. The commercial baits did the trick though. We
have clugs anywhere from 1/4" to 3" long (called "banana slugs"). They
can crawl up plastic siding 20 feet to a balcany at night. Supposedly,
winter freezing helps kill the eggs. Ducks are ideal for slug
control. Who knows, maybe one product/method works better than
another, depending on location.

In article ,
Phisherman wrote:

On Sun, 23 May 2010 22:28:16 -0500, "Gloria"
wrote:


"Paul M. Cook" wrote in message
...
I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling with
slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the natural
remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap beer attracts
the slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated with the beer they
forget to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would a bowl of chips increase
the effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical solution
if it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat arrives?
Do they burrow into the soil in the pots?


The beer works great. The dish needs to be shallow enough for them to get
into. They are attracted to the beer, get into the dish and then cannot get
out and drown. You'll be amazed at how many you'll find. Each day, there
will be fewer and fewer. When I had this problem, I used several dishes. It
only took about 3-4 days until they were all gone. HTH

Gloria


I have tried beer traps a dozen times. It did not do squat. Tried
yeast water, same deal. The commercial baits did the trick though. We
have clugs anywhere from 1/4" to 3" long (called "banana slugs"). They
can crawl up plastic siding 20 feet to a balcany at night. Supposedly,
winter freezing helps kill the eggs. Ducks are ideal for slug
control. Who knows, maybe one product/method works better than
another, depending on location.

They can go dormant for up to 4 years. I hope the bait that you are
using is "Iron Phosphate". Don't think I'll be having snail and slug
problems for a few years. Avg. days of precipitation here in May is 4,
and we are into 12 at present, waking to thunder and heavy rain. I doubt
that there is a dormant slug or snail for a 100 mi. Most in my yard are
dead. Did have some regrets though. There looked to be a family of
snails out cruising the garden yesterday. Looked like a mommy, and a
daddy, and a couple of adolescents. They looked sooo cuuuute, . . .
until I stomped 'em. Next time, I think I'll put them in my neighbor's
yard ;O)
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html

Paul M. Cook wrote:
I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling
with slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the
natural remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap
beer attracts the slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated
with the beer they forget to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would
a bowl of chips increase the effectiveness?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical
solution if it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat
arrives? Do they burrow into the soil in the pots?

There are "safe" slug baits that use iron phosohate (IIRC). One brand name is
Sluggo. Or, you can use regular slug bait, on a small shallow plate or lid
predded into the soil, covered by an upside down larger plate propped up on 3
rocks to keep the rain off the bait.

In article ,
"Bob F" wrote:

Paul M. Cook wrote:
I visited the plants tonight and one of my cucumber pots was crawling
with slugs. I removed about a dozen by hand. How effective are the
natural remedies. I searched the Net and see that a bowl of cheap
beer attracts the slugs who apparently are alcoholics. Once sated
with the beer they forget to exit the bowl and die. Happily. Would
a bowl of chips increase the effectiveness?
Yes, and where is your yard?

Anyone have any favorite methods? I'd even consider a chemical
solution if it were not especially toxic.

Can I expect slugs to be less of an issue when the summer heat
arrives? Do they burrow into the soil in the pots?

There are "safe" slug baits that use iron phosohate (IIRC). One brand name is
Sluggo. Or, you can use regular slug bait, on a small shallow plate or lid
predded into the soil, covered by an upside down larger plate propped up on 3
rocks to keep the rain off the bait.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html