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#14237120 - 04/04/11 06:18 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

Last year I had my first veggie garden. All was peachy except my melon patches. I lost every single one to slugs.

I tried beer traps, coffee ground perimeters, and commersh slug pellets. Still melonless.

Id love to hear your slug repellent teks, tips, or torture techniques!

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#14237452 - 04/04/11 07:49 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

They make a copper tape you can put around the garden..Or try growing on a trells (spilled right?)...

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#14238408 - 04/04/11 10:31 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

Copper tape. Hmm. I guess they dont like crawling over it? A trellus (damn. how DO you spell it?) wouldnt work for watermelons, I dont think. Id have to build little shelves to hold all the fruits!(Im already babying my Atlantic Giant pumpkins enough!)

The copper tape is intriging. Anyone had good results w/ it???

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#14238802 - 04/04/11 11:36 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

I think the most effective thing that I have done, is just go out every night with a flashlight and search for slugs/snails and dispose of them. Doing this for a week or so seems to get them down to reasonable levels (there is a lot of them here).

Also I've had pretty good success with those slug/snail Iron phosphate pellets. They are non-toxic so they can me used around pets and other animals.

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#14238827 - 04/04/11 11:41 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

It's spelled trellis

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Garden-Slugs
Have you tried the cornmeal idea from this link ^ ?

use a wood board placed on the ground, in the daytime overturn it and squash the buggers.
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/pests/1999092022020439.html
That makes sense, they'll hide under it in the daytime and they'll be easy to find.

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#14238963 - 04/05/11 12:03 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

melfdis said:

I think the most effective thing that I have done, is just go out every night with a flashlight and search for slugs/snails and dispose of them. Doing this for a week or so seems to get them down to reasonable levels (there is a lot of them here).

Also I've had pretty good success with those slug/snail Iron phosphate pellets. They are non-toxic so they can me used around pets and other animals.

Good to know. Thanks. My puppy is more avid a gardener than I am. He was born w/ a green dew claw!!

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#14238975 - 04/05/11 12:04 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

Thanks for the links. I like the board idea!

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#14238998 - 04/05/11 12:10 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

The wiki link had some good tips. There was one that said to use a propane weed burner and burn em up. TIP* Dont burn slug when on garden plant.
Thats a GREAT tip, lol!
But those "Wives tale" type tips are exactly what I was looking for. Thanks shroomerette!

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#14239033 - 04/05/11 12:14 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

No problem, good luck with your garden.

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#14239236 - 04/05/11 12:53 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

Thanks. Your siggy is EPIC. Love it!

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#14239267 - 04/05/11 12:58 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

:wink:

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Re: Slug Help

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#14239414 - 04/05/11 01:24 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

copper wire also pisses them off.

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Re: Slug Help

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#14239935 - 04/05/11 03:53 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

I have yet to try this but it works a treat by the looks of it. :evil:

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#14240968 - 04/05/11 12:02 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

electric fence for slugs seems a little extreme.

extremely badass.

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#14246395 - 04/06/11 10:06 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

Cooper works. I have used slug shields which are made to protect individual plants for the whole season without any maintenance. These things are great. Also 100% non-toxic.

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#14248345 - 04/06/11 06:10 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

How wide must the copper strip be? Where does a guy find long thin strips of copper? Do they purpose make it for slugs? Im very interested in giving it a try. Organic is the way to go whenever possible!! At least for my belly!

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#14251257 - 04/07/11 04:14 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

I have been using some old copper pipe (3/8 diameter) around a couple of plants that where under attack from snails. The plants are in pots so I made a ring out of the tube and just laid it on the soil inside the pot. I regularly check to make sure no leaves or debris has fallen on the pipe.
The plants have now had the copper ring for about 12 months and for the first time they are growing with very little problem from snails.
This winter I will be doing more pots with copper rings. The only thing with this pipe is it must be kept free of debris and it is only suited to certain plants and pots.

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#14251263 - 04/07/11 04:17 AM (15 years, 6 months ago)

bateyes88 said:

How wide must the copper strip be? Where does a guy find long thin strips of copper? Do they purpose make it for slugs? Im very interested in giving it a try. Organic is the way to go whenever possible!! At least for my belly!

A horticultural supply store should have a roll of tape in stock. It is purpose made for the job and is around an inch wide.

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#14252551 - 04/07/11 01:06 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

Pie trays full of beer is what my folks use :shrug:

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