[CH] Re: Slugs
susan (dahlia@gte.net)
Mon, 05 Jul 1999 12:15:13 -0500
Hi, I have just been lurking on this list for a few months now, enjoying
all the great recipes and stuff, but the slug topic caught my eye this
morning. Sorry if someone else has already suggested this, I'm way
behind on my email as we've been out of town. The method that my husband
and I have been using for years seems to be working, we have less and
less slugs each year, and we live in Washington state! (Quite wet) We
fill a spray bottle with a mixture of ammonia and water and walk around
the yard and garden every morning and evening and spray the little
critters when we see them. They just sort of dissolve, just like using
salt only the ammonia doesn't hurt your plants. I'm not sure of the
exact proportion, probably 1/3 ammonia to 2/3 water, but you can
experiment and see what strength will work, it may be you can even cut
the ammonia down more. The one important thing is to use the non-sudsy
ammonia. When we first started doing this we would spray 50 easily each
time, now it's hard to even find them. It is a cummulative effect, so
don't expect immediate results, but it does help.
Susan - WA