Comments on: Help! Slugs in my Garden are Ruining My Life! http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/ Turning the Planet Green, One Conversation at a Time Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna@Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-54977 Anna@Green Talk Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:39:57 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-54977 Timothy. OMG! Torching them. Wow. I would have never thought of that one. I hate them so much that I might just run out and get a propane can...Anna Timothy.

OMG! Torching them. Wow. I would have never thought of that one. I hate them so much that I might just run out and get a propane can…Anna

]]> By: Timothy http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-53556 Timothy Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:09:16 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-53556 I know this sounds so cruel, but it really works great. I water my garden area just after dusk then wait for several hours for the slugs to appear in huge numbers. I take a flashlight and a propane torch (the kind with the button starter on it. If you use a propane torch that you need a clicker starter, your fingers will get tired just trying to click the starter every 10 seconds). Anyway, I spot them with the flashlight because the appear so shiny at night when the light hits them they are easy to see. I just click the torch and heat them for several seconds and WHAMO, they are fried little critters. If your repeat this action several hours later, the dead slugs will usually be covered by their family members who are eating them. YUK. Takes care of the problem without poison and it brings out the Boy Scout fire starter in me. Happy Hunting... I know this sounds so cruel, but it really works great. I water my garden area just after dusk then wait for several hours for the slugs to appear in huge numbers. I take a flashlight and a propane torch (the kind with the button starter on it. If you use a propane torch that you need a clicker starter, your fingers will get tired just trying to click the starter every 10 seconds). Anyway, I spot them with the flashlight because the appear so shiny at night when the light hits them they are easy to see. I just click the torch and heat them for several seconds and WHAMO, they are fried little critters. If your repeat this action several hours later, the dead slugs will usually be covered by their family members who are eating them. YUK. Takes care of the problem without poison and it brings out the Boy Scout fire starter in me. Happy Hunting…

]]> By: Anna@Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-40524 Anna@Green Talk Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:46:16 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-40524 Massagem, how often do you have to put the grounds around your garden during the growing season? Anna Massagem, how often do you have to put the grounds around your garden during the growing season? Anna

]]> By: Massagem Tantrica http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-40441 Massagem Tantrica Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:42:20 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-40441 I take the coffee grounds and put them around the perimeter of my garden and also around each plant. I also put sand around my squash to keep the snails away. So far it’s all working great. FTY about the coffee grounds. Our ground is very sandy, so we add a lot of different things to create good growing soil. I take the coffee grounds and put them around the perimeter of my garden and also around each plant. I also put sand around my squash to keep the snails away. So far it’s all working great. FTY about the coffee grounds. Our ground is very sandy, so we add a lot of different things to create good growing soil.

]]> By: Marsha http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-37591 Marsha Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:50:32 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-37591 I have become obsessed with the extermination of the slugs that are ruining all my beautiful flowers. Each night I go out with a flashlight and a cup of Corona beer. I pluck the slimy suckers off the plants and drop them into the beer. They die quickly. After a successful hunt I go in and celebrate by finishing the rest of the beer. I have become obsessed with the extermination of the slugs that are ruining all my beautiful flowers. Each night I go out with a flashlight and a cup of Corona beer. I pluck the slimy suckers off the plants and drop them into the beer. They die quickly. After a successful hunt I go in and celebrate by finishing the rest of the beer.

]]> By: Dianne http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-33174 Dianne Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:49:22 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-33174 There ya go, Jon! Squash bugs and potato bugs are easy to drown and I've been smushing cucumber beetles, and now slugs (thank God just tiny ones so far). Just started a strawberry patch last summer. Turned over a berry yesterday (in the evening) and found 4 slugs! They don't reproduce at only 1/2 inch or so, do they? There ya go, Jon! Squash bugs and potato bugs are easy to drown and I’ve been smushing cucumber beetles, and now slugs (thank God just tiny ones so far). Just started a strawberry patch last summer. Turned over a berry yesterday (in the evening) and found 4 slugs! They don’t reproduce at only 1/2 inch or so, do they?

]]> By: Dianne http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-33172 Dianne Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:36:49 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-33172 I'm with you. I don't mind "sharing" a few berries and veggies (bugs gotta eat, too), but when they start to take over (which is usually when I'm not paying attention) then it's me against them! I’m with you. I don’t mind “sharing” a few berries and veggies (bugs gotta eat, too), but when they start to take over (which is usually when I’m not paying attention) then it’s me against them!

]]> By: Anna@Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2008/06/10/help-slugs-in-my-garden-are-ruining-my-life/#comment-28878 Anna@Green Talk Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:20:39 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=225#comment-28878 David, I don't think I have ever seen underground slugs. What do they look like? How do you get rid of them? Anna David, I don’t think I have ever seen underground slugs. What do they look like? How do you get rid of them? Anna

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