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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
I've read about a study in Hawaii showing a 1% solution of caffeine
controlling slugs and snails in orchids in this newsgroup. We've had some pretty wet weather in Virginia lately and they're beginning to get bothersome. I picked up some No Doz tablets which are 200 mg of caffeine. Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
John Whistler wrote in message ...
Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler I've never tried it, but to make a 1% solution (assuming they mean by weight which they probably do), dissolve, if you can, 50 tablets in 1 liter minus 2 tsps of water. (1 ml = 1 g of water, 1 tsp ~ 5 ml) This is a rough approximation since I'm sure a No Doz tablet weighs more than 200 mg which makes it hard to know how much water to use to get even close to exactly 1% caffeine in the final solution. I have no idea what else might be in No Doz and/or what effect it might have on plants.... MG |
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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
Save yourself some money and keep the unused coffee from your morning brew.
I dilute mine 50% with water, fill up a quart sprayer, add about an ounce of alcohol as a disinfectant (mold can grow on the top otherwise), and spray. I have no idea what the caffeine concentration is, but I can says that I have seen the elimination of bush snails through that treatment. That, and a bunch of other "Home Remedies" are available at the URL below. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "John Whistler" wrote in message ... I've read about a study in Hawaii showing a 1% solution of caffeine controlling slugs and snails in orchids in this newsgroup. We've had some pretty wet weather in Virginia lately and they're beginning to get bothersome. I picked up some No Doz tablets which are 200 mg of caffeine. Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Thank you for your reply.
Michael Gerzog wrote: John Whistler wrote in message ... Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler I've never tried it, but to make a 1% solution (assuming they mean by weight which they probably do), dissolve, if you can, 50 tablets in 1 liter minus 2 tsps of water. (1 ml = 1 g of water, 1 tsp ~ 5 ml) This is a rough approximation since I'm sure a No Doz tablet weighs more than 200 mg which makes it hard to know how much water to use to get even close to exactly 1% caffeine in the final solution. I have no idea what else might be in No Doz and/or what effect it might have on plants.... MG -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
Hi John, Do yourself a favor & get some stuff called "Thats It" for slugs &
snails. It is not the run of the mill type pellets but granules so pets won't eat it. I use it in the greenhouse & cover it when I water. I must tell you that there was a discussion about coffee extract & I started saving my used coffee dregs. I had a huge bowl full out side & it got rained on. I covered it with a plastic bag & just yesterday lifted it up. Found 4 slugs on the plastic bag covered in the red/brown coffee juice!! So my experiment is kaput! Cheers Wendy "John Whistler" wrote in message ... I've read about a study in Hawaii showing a 1% solution of caffeine controlling slugs and snails in orchids in this newsgroup. We've had some pretty wet weather in Virginia lately and they're beginning to get bothersome. I picked up some No Doz tablets which are 200 mg of caffeine. Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
I don't know about slugs, but spraying the stuff on-, and saturating the
medium of plants infested with bush snails seems to work. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Wendy" wrote in message news:5a8Aa.53609$MJ5.10860@fed1read03... Hi John, Do yourself a favor & get some stuff called "Thats It" for slugs & snails. It is not the run of the mill type pellets but granules so pets won't eat it. I use it in the greenhouse & cover it when I water. I must tell you that there was a discussion about coffee extract & I started saving my used coffee dregs. I had a huge bowl full out side & it got rained on. I covered it with a plastic bag & just yesterday lifted it up. Found 4 slugs on the plastic bag covered in the red/brown coffee juice!! So my experiment is kaput! Cheers Wendy "John Whistler" wrote in message ... I've read about a study in Hawaii showing a 1% solution of caffeine controlling slugs and snails in orchids in this newsgroup. We've had some pretty wet weather in Virginia lately and they're beginning to get bothersome. I picked up some No Doz tablets which are 200 mg of caffeine. Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
"Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ...
I have no idea what the caffeine concentration is Miniscule, as a percentage by weight. My brain isn't clicking on all cylinders at the moment, but I think the number is about .08%. (The amount of caffeine in a 6 oz/240 ml cup of "normal" coffee is considered to be 200 mg.) If it works, it works, but I do wonder whether it's really the caffeine that's doing the working there. IIRC, the University of Hawaii study found that a 1% solution only deterred the little buggers, it took a relatively whopping 2% to actually kill them. Perhaps the snails just prefer tea and go elsewhere when served coffee. MG |
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Interesting, I may give it a try although I have so few (I see one every few
weeks) I'll not know if it works unless I get an infestation (god forbid). For slugs, try a product called "Sluggo" which if I remember correctly is Iron Phosphate. Non toxic to animals which the other common slug killing product can't boast. Seems to work well outside in the garden. Better yet, if you wrap the legs of your benches in a copper strip an inch or so wide, they won't crawl across it. I also wrapped the frame of my greenhouse in it (I have a relatively small one - 8'x8' lean-to). We have LOTS of slugs here in Seattle and I almost never find one in my greenhouse and if I do, I can usually attribute it to something I've brought in - tomato plant's I'm hardening off for example. Another thing I do is leave the alge on the GH walls which they seem to like then I go out at night, turn on a light in the GH then go outside and look in - very easy to spot them. Also, if I see their tell tail tracks during the day, I know to do the night routine until I find the bugger. "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I don't know about slugs, but spraying the stuff on-, and saturating the medium of plants infested with bush snails seems to work. -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Wendy" wrote in message news:5a8Aa.53609$MJ5.10860@fed1read03... Hi John, Do yourself a favor & get some stuff called "Thats It" for slugs & snails. It is not the run of the mill type pellets but granules so pets won't eat it. I use it in the greenhouse & cover it when I water. I must tell you that there was a discussion about coffee extract & I started saving my used coffee dregs. I had a huge bowl full out side & it got rained on. I covered it with a plastic bag & just yesterday lifted it up. Found 4 slugs on the plastic bag covered in the red/brown coffee juice!! So my experiment is kaput! Cheers Wendy "John Whistler" wrote in message ... I've read about a study in Hawaii showing a 1% solution of caffeine controlling slugs and snails in orchids in this newsgroup. We've had some pretty wet weather in Virginia lately and they're beginning to get bothersome. I picked up some No Doz tablets which are 200 mg of caffeine. Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
You might be right, but my eyes tell me it works, so who am I to argue with
myself? -- Ray Barkalow First Rays Orchids http://www.firstrays.com Secure Online Ordering & Lots of Free Info! "Michael Gerzog" wrote in message om... "Ray @ First Rays Orchids" wrote in message ... I have no idea what the caffeine concentration is Miniscule, as a percentage by weight. My brain isn't clicking on all cylinders at the moment, but I think the number is about .08%. (The amount of caffeine in a 6 oz/240 ml cup of "normal" coffee is considered to be 200 mg.) If it works, it works, but I do wonder whether it's really the caffeine that's doing the working there. IIRC, the University of Hawaii study found that a 1% solution only deterred the little buggers, it took a relatively whopping 2% to actually kill them. Perhaps the snails just prefer tea and go elsewhere when served coffee. MG |
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Caffeine for slugs and snail control
"Wendy" wrote in news:5a8Aa.53609$MJ5.10860@fed1read03:
Hi John, Do yourself a favor & get some stuff called "Thats It" for slugs & snails. It is not the run of the mill type pellets but granules so pets won't eat it. I use it in the greenhouse & cover it when I water. I must tell you that there was a discussion about coffee extract & I started saving my used coffee dregs. I had a huge bowl full out side & it got rained on. I covered it with a plastic bag & just yesterday lifted it up. Found 4 slugs on the plastic bag covered in the red/brown coffee juice!! So my experiment is kaput! Cheers Wendy "John Whistler" wrote in message ... I've read about a study in Hawaii showing a 1% solution of caffeine controlling slugs and snails in orchids in this newsgroup. We've had some pretty wet weather in Virginia lately and they're beginning to get bothersome. I picked up some No Doz tablets which are 200 mg of caffeine. Has anyone been trying the caffeine solution? How would I make a 1% solution from 200 mg tablets? Thanks, John Whistler -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- Slugs are tough as nails I've tried everything pellets, granules, very expensive spray for slugs, and even including beer, gosh all those tiny voices singing how dry I am. The only thing I've found that works for sure is a hammer or a jar of salt to drop them in. SPLAT oh what fun sound that is dusty |
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