Hello, i woke up this morning to find one of my blue delphiniums
nibbled nearly naked! I saw some slime on the remains of a couple of
the tips of the stalks, so i suspect snails/slugs, of which i have
many. I've been looking on the net today for a non-chemical solution,
and have read about cracked egg shells, sand, copper, etc. which i
don't have on hand, at least for tonight's attempt to protect them.
One site mentioned sprinkling cayenne pepper around the plants to
repell snails, and red pepper is something i do have on hand. Has
anyone heard of this remedy? Any success?

thanks

BlueShady wrote:

Hello, i woke up this morning to find one of my blue delphiniums
nibbled nearly naked! I saw some slime on the remains of a couple of
the tips of the stalks, so i suspect snails/slugs, of which i have
many. I've been looking on the net today for a non-chemical solution,
and have read about cracked egg shells, sand, copper, etc. which i
don't have on hand, at least for tonight's attempt to protect them.
One site mentioned sprinkling cayenne pepper around the plants to
repell snails, and red pepper is something i do have on hand. Has
anyone heard of this remedy? Any success?

thanks

Sluggo. Folk remedies are worthless. Metaldehyde is toxic overkill.

BlueShady wrote in message
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Hello, i woke up this morning to find one of my blue delphiniums
nibbled nearly naked! I saw some slime on the remains of a couple of
the tips of the stalks, so i suspect snails/slugs, of which i have
many. I've been looking on the net today for a non-chemical solution,
and have read about cracked egg shells, sand, copper, etc. which i
don't have on hand, at least for tonight's attempt to protect them.
One site mentioned sprinkling cayenne pepper around the plants to
repell snails, and red pepper is something i do have on hand. Has
anyone heard of this remedy? Any success?

thanks


Best of luck, I gave up on these beauties b/c of those nasty slugs. I'd go
out at night and pick them but there was a never ending supply. I knew when
the slug killer lost it's power, the next morning there'd be hardly anything
left of my beautiful blue delphs.


--
Kristen
Zone 6, SE NY

On Sat, 3 May 2003 06:24:17 -0400, "Krishur"
wrote:

BlueShady wrote in message
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Hello, i woke up this morning to find one of my blue delphiniums
nibbled nearly naked! I saw some slime on the remains of a couple of
the tips of the stalks, so i suspect snails/slugs, of which i have
many. I've been looking on the net today for a non-chemical solution,
and have read about cracked egg shells, sand, copper, etc. which i
don't have on hand, at least for tonight's attempt to protect them.
One site mentioned sprinkling cayenne pepper around the plants to
repell snails, and red pepper is something i do have on hand. Has
anyone heard of this remedy? Any success?

thanks


Best of luck, I gave up on these beauties b/c of those nasty slugs. I'd go
out at night and pick them but there was a never ending supply. I knew when
the slug killer lost it's power, the next morning there'd be hardly anything
left of my beautiful blue delphs.


Shoot. They got the second plant last night. I put down a circle of
coffee grounds and chili powder (not enough red pepper in the house)
but they slimed their way across that barrier and ate up the second
plant. Today i shall make some copper rings and try that tonight.