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Cheap slug killer
I found this recipe on the net and it actually works! It caught more slugs the second night than the first night though.
I use empty, clean containers that formerly held ricotta cheese from the grocery store. Works perfect. 1/4 tsp bread baking yeast 1 tsp sugar 1 cup water I mixed water that was slightly warm but not too hot, so as to not kill the yeast. Then the sugar was dissolved, and finally the yeast added. Give a quick stir. Dig a hole in garden, put container in hole. Put dirt back around the container so the top is just above soil level. Take a piece of cardboard and fold it in half so it makes a kind of "roof" for the container. This keeps out rain and makes the slugs think it's a nice cozy place to chill out during the day.
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Two of the greatest slug killers are garter snakes and toads. Provide them places to live in in your garden and they'll eat their fill of the nasty bugs. I haven't had much a problem with slugs for quite a few years now thank goodness.
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Although I don't have slugs...I would much prefer your recipe then snakes! sorry clm
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We live out in the country with approx 100 acres of land, so there's lots of homes for critters. But no critters can seem to keep down the slug population, so I supply a place where slugs can go for a swim.
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I used to use beer...but then our snake and toad populations increased enough so I didn't have to waste good alcoholic beverages like that any more! If the slugs ever start getting pesty again, though, now I have a different recipe to try
So what do you do with them in the morning? Just bury them somewhere?
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