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Old July 16th, 2009, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mollywog View Post
thanks for all the info, Ceara. The seed trade will be fun!
I will have to be careful about slugs too! what does beer to do deter them??
They LOVE beer. They will say oh yum beer, slime their way there and once in, drown and die happy.

Take a plastic container like yogurt, or a glass jar, or whatever. Dig hole in dirt, put in container where the lip of the container is the same level as the soil. Serve the beer (1/3 to 1/2 bottle), then put a little "roof" over it, just a bit bigger than the container. Slugs like to be nice and cozy so the combo of the "shelter" plus the beer will kill a lot of slugs.

Hey I just found another option!

1 cup water, 1 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon yeast, and save the beer for yourself. lol I'm going to try that now!
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