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Thanks Chewing Critters
Thanks to all, especially Wendy and the Manellis, for chiming in. I stalked
the critters at 11 last night, and was gratified to find and savagely destroy two slugs! Now I just hope they were the only ones; I spread metaldehyde on the GH floor around the air intake vent. Tom Walnut Creek, CA Nikon D200 |
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Tom, they like to hide in the pots, too, during the day. I think I'd do
some slug bait in the pots. Diana "tbell" wrote in message .com... Thanks to all, especially Wendy and the Manellis, for chiming in. I stalked the critters at 11 last night, and was gratified to find and savagely destroy two slugs! Now I just hope they were the only ones; I spread metaldehyde on the GH floor around the air intake vent. Tom Walnut Creek, CA Nikon D200 |
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:42:56 -0700, tbell wrote:
Thanks to all, especially Wendy and the Manellis, for chiming in. I stalked the critters at 11 last night, and was gratified to find and savagely destroy two slugs! Now I just hope they were the only ones; I spread metaldehyde on the GH floor around the air intake vent. Tom Walnut Creek, CA Nikon D200 Slugs are snails -- if you squished them you just seeded the entire location and everywhere you walk. They are hermaphrodites and self fertilize. So I hope you used another method of dispatch. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php |
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SuE wrote:
Slugs are snails -- if you squished them you just seeded the entire location and everywhere you walk. They are hermaphrodites and self fertilize. So I hope you used another method of dispatch. I used to believe that. I'm not so sure anymore. Sure, if the squashed slug or snail contained eggs that were mature, a very few might survive the squishing and hatch out. Immature eggs aren't going to grow up and hatch just being there on the floor. |
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:24:37 -0400, Steve wrote:
I used to believe that. I'm not so sure anymore. Sure, if the squashed slug or snail contained eggs that were mature, a very few might survive the squishing and hatch out. Immature eggs aren't going to grow up and hatch just being there on the floor. I just know it works with Bush snails. As soon as I quit Squishing -- the population was easier to control. Less new ones were there each time. The only difference on my controls was tossing them in the indoor wastebasket rather than squishing in the gh with my fingers. What works -- Works. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php |
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