dedmeat wrote:
Rolling Thunder wrote:
I've heard a saucer of beer will drown slugs.

Thunder
Tried that once but my better half didn't think I should be using her
favorite beverage.

Slugs all drunk on her beer.

On Mon, 16 May 2005 15:27:44 -0400, dedmeat
wrote:

Rolling Thunder wrote:
I've heard a saucer of beer will drown slugs.

Thunder
Tried that once but my better half didn't think I should be using her
favorite beverage.

Yeah, but did it work?

Thunder

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"nanner" wrote:
"Big D" wrote in message
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WorryFree or Sluggo, slug and snail bait, works for me. And it works
good. Safe for birds and pets too!

thank you - i'll look for those

Slug controls work well, but most are not all natural. You will be using
a chemical. (fyi) (even beer is a chemical..hicup)
Another method is to get a pair of pet ducks (if your area allows it)
they love slugs and snails.

wrote in message
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I agree with the deer theory. They regularly mow mine down real good.
Are you sure you don't have deer? They are very common in the NY metro
area and typically forage at night, when you don't see them.


LOL- I am in Western Nassau County on Long Island - anyone know the area? I
don't know where the deer would hide! They could all be hiding behind the
dumpster at the supermarket till nightfall I suppose! Or wearing disguises
and working at 7-11?

I'm sorry - just funny ideas - I am pretty sure there are deer out east on
Long Island.

Maybe I'll try to convinve DH to let me have ducks )

"nanner" wrote in message
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Does anyone know who the culprit is here? By the middle/end of summer our
hostas leaves are all holey and eaten, looks like bugs (not animals) but
we don't know what is doing it or how to treat it.

They've just come in nice and full so if there is something preventative
to do I'd like to find out. I'd prefer something natural over chemical.

We're in Long Island, NY - I think that's zone 6? (not positive - I'm a
total newbie in the garden!)


Slugs. Someone already mentioned the beer trick. Also, take away their
hiding places. Unfortunately, this often means removing mulch, but
hey....you do what you have to do. Also, you didn't mention whether all the
leaves get eaten, or just the ones closest to the ground. If just the
lowest, get underneath with a sharp knife or pruning shears and remove those
leaves, cutting the stems as close to the plant as you can. That'll allow
some air circulation, making the ground a little drier underneath. Slugs
like shade and moisture.

I'm going to try the beer can thing in my garden. Little sluggers are
feasting on my Sum & Substances. How does that work exactly? You put a
beercan half-filled with beer next to the hosta, they crawl in, fall
in, and can't get up?

"Merle O'Broham" wrote in message
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I'm going to try the beer can thing in my garden. Little sluggers are
feasting on my Sum & Substances. How does that work exactly? You put a
beercan half-filled with beer next to the hosta, they crawl in, fall
in, and can't get up?


No - you put it in a shallow dish, like the ones you put under flower pots.
Obviously, a clay one won't work unless it's glazed. Make a little
depression in the soil so the rim of the dish is almost level with the
ground. Not sure if they have a preference for certain kinds of beer. :-)

Another option is to capture them alive, put them in a box with some moist
oatmeal, let them eat for a few days, and then sautee them with garlic,
butter and herbs. Escargot! The oatmeal flushes anything nasty out of their
digestive system. Even though people eat salami, cheez doodles and other
crap, we wouldn't want to eat anything that ate as badly as we do.

Thanks for the tip Doug. I don't have the time for slug hunting, so
I'll try the beer in the dish thing this weekend. It can't hurt,
anyway.


Doug Kanter wrote:
"Merle O'Broham" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm going to try the beer can thing in my garden. Little sluggers
are
feasting on my Sum & Substances. How does that work exactly? You
put a
beercan half-filled with beer next to the hosta, they crawl in,
fall
in, and can't get up?


No - you put it in a shallow dish, like the ones you put under flower
pots.
Obviously, a clay one won't work unless it's glazed. Make a little
depression in the soil so the rim of the dish is almost level with
the
ground. Not sure if they have a preference for certain kinds of beer.
:-)

Another option is to capture them alive, put them in a box with some
moist
oatmeal, let them eat for a few days, and then sautee them with
garlic,
butter and herbs. Escargot! The oatmeal flushes anything nasty out of
their
digestive system. Even though people eat salami, cheez doodles and
other
crap, we wouldn't want to eat anything that ate as badly as we do.

"Merle O'Broham" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm going to try the beer can thing in my garden. Little sluggers are
feasting on my Sum & Substances. How does that work exactly? You put a
beercan half-filled with beer next to the hosta, they crawl in, fall
in, and can't get up?


We haven't had much rain and slugs are minimal here for now so mine are
mostly being eaten by some variety of leaf miner. BT hasn't done much to
stop it so I'm just watchin them slowly get eaten at present.

joe

It usually works. Think positive!

"Merle O'Broham" wrote in message
oups.com...
Thanks for the tip Doug. I don't have the time for slug hunting, so
I'll try the beer in the dish thing this weekend. It can't hurt,
anyway.


Doug Kanter wrote:
"Merle O'Broham" wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm going to try the beer can thing in my garden. Little sluggers
are
feasting on my Sum & Substances. How does that work exactly? You
put a
beercan half-filled with beer next to the hosta, they crawl in,
fall
in, and can't get up?


No - you put it in a shallow dish, like the ones you put under flower
pots.
Obviously, a clay one won't work unless it's glazed. Make a little
depression in the soil so the rim of the dish is almost level with
the
ground. Not sure if they have a preference for certain kinds of beer.
:-)

Another option is to capture them alive, put them in a box with some
moist
oatmeal, let them eat for a few days, and then sautee them with
garlic,
butter and herbs. Escargot! The oatmeal flushes anything nasty out of
their
digestive system. Even though people eat salami, cheez doodles and
other
crap, we wouldn't want to eat anything that ate as badly as we do.