Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hp-pcd!ken From: ken@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: use of black plastic sheeting Message-ID: <63600002@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 02:52:00 EST Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.63600002 Posted: Fri Mar 30 02:52:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Mar-84 07:01:01 EST References: <139@hercules.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division - Corvallis, OR Lines: 7 Nf-ID: #R:hercules:-13900:hp-pcd:63600002:000:331 Nf-From: hp-pcd!ken Mar 15 23:52:00 1984 We save dried crushed EGG SHELLS all year. Sprinkle the egg shells around plants. Soft bodied slugs can't stand the sharp shells. We live in the Willamette valley and using other mentioned techniques and egg shells we are able to control slugs even though we use lots of mulch all year round. -Ken Bronstein hp-pcd!ken