Slugathon

[primsong]

I get to go out and be the Slug-Bait Fairy again today, tossing it about like sparkle-dust that magically eliminates slimy little daffodil-and-tulip-leaf-eaters.

How do you deal with slugs and snails where you are?

I used to try the 'toss them in the street to be run over' version when I was in CA, but I had a *lot* smaller yard and a main road nearby to crunch them before they could make it back to the sidewalk. I've considered those little slug-barns you fill with beer to drown them in, but the idea of having to dispose of little gloopy containers of beer-marinated dead slugs is enough to put me off my feed for quite a while. Bait makes me feel like an industrial criminal, waving chemicals over the earth, but hey...it works....

Back to slug-bait dust... *toss toss toss*

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[primsong.livejournal.com]

Hi Tuile!

Banana slugs just *look* like bananas, their coloring is often like a bruised banana, mottled yellow, brown and a touch of green, and they can be as big as bananas too. I kind of like them, maybe because they can be pretty funky looking and are rare to find. It's the common grey garden-slug that I abhor - unfortunately, you have to apply bait/slug-dust every 2-3 weeks at first if you want to break the cycle, otherwise the next lot of eggs will hatch and you'll be back where you started. I've made a good dent in my yard's population by keeping after it, so now I only have to do it when I begin noticing damage to the leaves of my irises, etc.

When we were down in CA I never had a slug, but my yard was rife with snails. :-P Now I don't have snails, but I have slugs! Oh well...