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From: mark@hp-kirk.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Snails (slugs) - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 03:24:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 15 03:24:10 1983
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hp-kirk!mark    Jun 13 08:14:00 1983

   As a resident of western Oregon, I am in a constant battle with slugs and
to be honest have not had much success with beer in plates, slug traps, ground
egg shells, or hand removal.  Various other strategies that I am aware of from
my neighbors have met with mixed success at best and I too have been reduced
to the use of poisoned slug bait (some 5 pounds a week during cool wet
weather which we have been known to have in Oregon on occassion).
   My current plans are to surround my garden with 2x4s on edge half buried
so that slugs will have to crawl over the 2x4 to get at the garden.  I then
plan to set push pins in the wood at about 12" intervals and string wire from
pin to pin and electrify it.  If I get around to following through with this
plan I'll post the results.  Meanwhile, if anyone beats me to the punch or has
some reason why they think this is a dumb idea, or has a better way to get rid
of slugs I'd like to hear from you.  Also if anyone has any experience with
the use of ducks, geese, or peafowl to control slugs I'd also like to hear
(this is a technique that does seem to get good reports for controling slugs
but often introduce other problems).  Nuke the slugs.
                                                       "Death" Rowe
                                                       hp-pcd!hp-cvd!mark
                                                       Corvallis, Oregon