Slugs

Beer and escargots? Yummy!

 

I suppose it depends on your desired outcome. If you want to get rid of the little darlins, chemicals are your answer. If you want to keep 'em around, a beer garden sounds like a good idea.

 

Get out that big ol salt shaker and sprinkle away.

Tom DE, ya aint right.

 

Do I detect some Deja Vu here?.....I'm a big fan of iron phosphate...Sluggo and Escar-Go are the main brands...totally harmless, and in my experience, far more effective than metaldehyde (at least in a garden...) Take care, Eric

 

I'm trying the iron phosphate to protect my hostas this year. I've been using DE, but
it's rained so damn much that DE is being washed away daily. Will the iron phosphate
stand up to rain without constant application?

 

sluggo!!

 

You got it!! Sluggo, for sure. I had those huge brown snails, got some sluggo and now I have huge brown snail shells. And it isn't harmful to the dogs. Angela, it lasted a long time through my waterings.

 

I used Sluggo for a while but I had to reapply it so frequently because it would quickly dissolve. However, my girlfriend's stupid cat, the most finicky eater in the world, managed to eat some of it and we had to take it to the vet. What a fun situation that was...she was crying and I was trying to convince her that the cat wasn't worth $800.

Now I use That's It...considerably smaller, much more potent and it takes a lot longer to dissolve so I don't have to apply it so frequently. Not sure if anybody's read it but in the March 1972 issue of Orchids there's a funny article written by Ted Fischer titled "Bush snails and how to grow them".

 

I can't believe you waited over 3 months & let them keep breeding!
I like That's It, also.

 

Metaldehyde 7.5%. The nice part is it's pin head sized granules, that are hard & don't grow mold like the pellet type of slug control. I use it when repotting, sprinkle it into the root ball.

 

Karen, where can I get some of the Metro That's-It product. I just now looked on-line and could not find a source.

 

I've never seen That's-It, but am always looking for better ways to kill slugs. I'd also be interested to know where to get some.

 

Doc Elly, it's in all the garden shops & Ace Hardware stores here. Ed & I looked and could not find a source on line. Your local good garden shop should be able to get it for you.

 

Thanks, Karen. I'll check more carefully next time I'm in a garden or hardware store.