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By: Good For Nothing | warriorwomen running blog

Good For Nothing | warriorwomen running blog — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:05:32 +0000

[...] who is known to occasionally entertain with stories of puddle running, cold water immersion and wholesale slug annihilation, but who now seems to have turned into a bit of a lazy good for nothing. Albeit a grinning, happy, [...]

By: Louise Joly

Louise Joly — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:32:56 +0000

I love hearing about your slugs climbing out of the bucket of water. That’s what happened to me last year. I couldn’t believe it! Luckily we have a channel of water about 15 foot deep next to us, so I threw them in there. Don’t think they can get out of there so easily… Anyway its interesting reading this as today have used the nematodes for the first time ever. I will see what happens.

By: Earthwoman

Earthwoman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:39:47 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:17:51 +0000

I do feel for you, we have a big problem with slugs in the garden! We do drown some in beer, dare I say the really cheap Tesco Value bitter, in tin cans seems to finish them off but off course they multipy faster than I can buy beer! We’ve tried all sorts of other remedies which just don’t work Salt water is recommended for drowning but even though they eat my veg and flowers I can’t bring myself to use it.

By: dee

dee — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:57:41 +0000

Hubs and i play a game of chicken with the slugs on our lottie.. Chuck slug over fence then cheer when one gets squished by passing car

By: VP

VP — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:18:32 +0000

Hi – you could try the couch grass spearing method I blogged about last week.

I’ve found that adding salt to the water tends to do the job a little quicker…

By: jogblog

jogblog — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:31:40 +0000

Poor slugs.

By: Nancy Bond

Nancy Bond — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:26:48 +0000

I laughed out loud as I read this — they really are the most stubborn of creatures. Loved the image of you stirring the slug brew with your spade. I’ve had some success luring the slugs into beer traps, and I’ve also been told that coarsely broken egg shells distributed along bed edges will discourage them, as they apparently don’t like to crawl over the jagged shells. For sheer entertainment value, your method is best, I’m sure. Pesky, destructive things.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:21:42 +0000

Here we make an organic slug spray. It’s one part household cleaning ammonia and 5 parts water. Spray it on the slugs and watch them die. Best of all, if you do this on plant material you won’t hurt your plants.

So the next time you have a bucket with water, only fill it a few inches, add some ammonia and then knock those slugs in the bucket. Be ready to laugh your evil BWAHAHA laugh as they turn to goo.

By: hedgewitch

hedgewitch — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:33:12 +0000

I love this post .. but poor you!!

I’m not sure I can help (one of the ONLY advantages of growing stuff in pots on the roof is no slugs, lol)

We did have a horrible slug problem at a house I lived in as a student – they used to get in the kitchen at night – gives me shivers to even think about it! Beer traps did seem to work.

Good luck in your crusade