I would just like to report that I have had enormous success killing slugs
with beer in SW Ohio. Stroh's and plastic cups are all that are required.
I caught seven - yes seven - slugs in one night with day-old beer. Dumping
seven soggy dead slugs from a plastic cup was both nausiating and rewarding.
I think so far I've killed about two dozen 3-4" adult slugs this year,
mostly with beer but also by smashing those that I happen to see when I'm
out at dusk or dawn. Plus I've probably killed about half a dozen baby
slugs when they've been tracked into my house by the dog and cat. If it
weren't for the babies getting into the house, I probably wouldn't be half
as determined to kill the breeders.

But I am wondering (since I was asked) if slugs serve any purpose in a
garden. I've only seem them eating my flowering plants, which signed their
death warrants.

Slugs break down decaying plant matter - they also eat holes in my hosta,
among other things. I got runner ducks to hunt them down and eat them in my
yard, and they do a great job of it.
karen
portland, or

"jel" wrote in message
...
I would just like to report that I have had enormous success killing slugs
with beer in SW Ohio. Stroh's and plastic cups are all that are required.
I caught seven - yes seven - slugs in one night with day-old beer.
Dumping
seven soggy dead slugs from a plastic cup was both nausiating and
rewarding.
I think so far I've killed about two dozen 3-4" adult slugs this year,
mostly with beer but also by smashing those that I happen to see when I'm
out at dusk or dawn. Plus I've probably killed about half a dozen baby
slugs when they've been tracked into my house by the dog and cat. If it
weren't for the babies getting into the house, I probably wouldn't be half
as determined to kill the breeders.

But I am wondering (since I was asked) if slugs serve any purpose in a
garden. I've only seem them eating my flowering plants, which signed
their
death warrants.

Do they serve any purpose for whom? For you?

Do you actually believe that everything on earth was put here solely to
serve man?
Do you believe in the Doctrine of Signatures"?
Are you stuck in the "Dark Ages"?

Why don't you try eating the slugs like they did in a recent episode of
"Fear Factor"?
They say they taste just like snails only without the shells!!!!!




jel wrote in message
...
I would just like to report that I have had enormous success killing slugs
with beer in SW Ohio. Stroh's and plastic cups are all that are required.
I caught seven - yes seven - slugs in one night with day-old beer.
Dumping
seven soggy dead slugs from a plastic cup was both nausiating and
rewarding.
I think so far I've killed about two dozen 3-4" adult slugs this year,
mostly with beer but also by smashing those that I happen to see when I'm
out at dusk or dawn. Plus I've probably killed about half a dozen baby
slugs when they've been tracked into my house by the dog and cat. If it
weren't for the babies getting into the house, I probably wouldn't be half
as determined to kill the breeders.

But I am wondering (since I was asked) if slugs serve any purpose in a
garden. I've only seem them eating my flowering plants, which signed
their
death warrants.

Xref: kermit rec.gardens:249203

Perhaps we should strip naked and dance in the full moon while eating
said slugs?

Callen in VA, just trying to be helpful

Cereoid-UR12- wrote:

Do they serve any purpose for whom? For you?

Do you actually believe that everything on earth was put here solely to
serve man?
Do you believe in the Doctrine of Signatures"?
Are you stuck in the "Dark Ages"?

Why don't you try eating the slugs like they did in a recent episode of
"Fear Factor"?
They say they taste just like snails only without the shells!!!!!

jel wrote in message
...
I would just like to report that I have had enormous success killing slugs
with beer in SW Ohio. Stroh's and plastic cups are all that are required.
I caught seven - yes seven - slugs in one night with day-old beer.
Dumping
seven soggy dead slugs from a plastic cup was both nausiating and
rewarding.
I think so far I've killed about two dozen 3-4" adult slugs this year,
mostly with beer but also by smashing those that I happen to see when I'm
out at dusk or dawn. Plus I've probably killed about half a dozen baby
slugs when they've been tracked into my house by the dog and cat. If it
weren't for the babies getting into the house, I probably wouldn't be half
as determined to kill the breeders.

But I am wondering (since I was asked) if slugs serve any purpose in a
garden. I've only seem them eating my flowering plants, which signed
their
death warrants.

You must wait until a full moon before doing the fertility dance!!

The slugs should be fried in butter with garlic and served with fava beans
and a glass of Chianti. Ffffff!!

Next thing you know you will be having a "slug fest"!!!!


Callen Molenda wrote in message
...
Perhaps we should strip naked and dance in the full moon while eating
said slugs?

Callen in VA, just trying to be helpful

Cereoid-UR12- wrote:

Do they serve any purpose for whom? For you?

Do you actually believe that everything on earth was put here solely to
serve man?
Do you believe in the Doctrine of Signatures"?
Are you stuck in the "Dark Ages"?

Why don't you try eating the slugs like they did in a recent episode of
"Fear Factor"?
They say they taste just like snails only without the shells!!!!!

jel wrote in message
...
I would just like to report that I have had enormous success killing
slugs
with beer in SW Ohio. Stroh's and plastic cups are all that are
required.
I caught seven - yes seven - slugs in one night with day-old beer.
Dumping
seven soggy dead slugs from a plastic cup was both nausiating and
rewarding.
I think so far I've killed about two dozen 3-4" adult slugs this year,
mostly with beer but also by smashing those that I happen to see when
I'm
out at dusk or dawn. Plus I've probably killed about half a dozen
baby
slugs when they've been tracked into my house by the dog and cat. If
it
weren't for the babies getting into the house, I probably wouldn't be
half
as determined to kill the breeders.

But I am wondering (since I was asked) if slugs serve any purpose in a
garden. I've only seem them eating my flowering plants, which signed
their
death warrants.

Ooof. Not sure if anyone caught the repeat Fear Factor this week. It
was the episode where the contestants had to eat 10 slugs, including one
super sized slug. They were alive of course, each person had to chew
them before s/he swallowed. And there was no chianti to wash it down.

On that note...off to dinner!
Heidi




Cereoid-UR12- wrote:

You must wait until a full moon before doing the fertility dance!!

The slugs should be fried in butter with garlic and served with fava beans
and a glass of Chianti. Ffffff!!

Next thing you know you will be having a "slug fest"!!!!

I grew up just north of Seattle and had Moskovi(sp) ducks when I was a
kid. If I turned them loose in the lawn they made a fast feast of slugs.

AnonnyMoose wrote:

Slugs break down decaying plant matter - they also eat holes in my hosta,
among other things. I got runner ducks to hunt them down and eat them in my
yard, and they do a great job of it.
karen
portland, or

"jel" wrote in message
...

I would just like to report that I have had enormous success killing slugs
with beer in SW Ohio. Stroh's and plastic cups are all that are required.
I caught seven - yes seven - slugs in one night with day-old beer.

Dumping

seven soggy dead slugs from a plastic cup was both nausiating and

rewarding.

I think so far I've killed about two dozen 3-4" adult slugs this year,
mostly with beer but also by smashing those that I happen to see when I'm
out at dusk or dawn. Plus I've probably killed about half a dozen baby
slugs when they've been tracked into my house by the dog and cat. If it
weren't for the babies getting into the house, I probably wouldn't be half
as determined to kill the breeders.

But I am wondering (since I was asked) if slugs serve any purpose in a
garden. I've only seem them eating my flowering plants, which signed

their

death warrants.