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DeadPhan



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beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method?
#21919550 - 07/09/15 11:41 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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By best method I mean how to put out the beer. Ive got some fruits coming in and some are already being attacked. One fully gone. In the past ive just put all around the beds cat food or tuna can tins filled with beer but they always.chose the fruits over. Is it because it wasnt ground level? If I bury them will they surely go for the beer over the fruits? The thing I hate about having.to consider that is disturbing other parts of the bed by digging in and possibly preventing other fruits from devolpping in those spots. However id rather less fruits than.none at all due to being eaten. Just curious on what others do as far as using beer as a deterrent.
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: DeadPhan]
#21919607 - 07/09/15 11:49 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've also heard of people using copper wire or even something sharp like glass placed all the way around it so they have to crawl over it which will in turn slice the bottom of their bellies as they crawl over it.
Personally haven't done much outdoor cultivation myself but I definitely will be this year.
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: mushmagic]
#21919627 - 07/09/15 11:53 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I know all these methods as well as diatomaceous earth. Beer is all thats on hand at moment. Thanks though. I should have been saving up egg shells though.
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: DeadPhan]
#21919641 - 07/09/15 11:56 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea I figured you would have already been aware, just throwin it out there. Im sure you have something sharp laying around tho? Maybe even thumbtacks placed in the right spots might work?
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: mushmagic]
#21919808 - 07/09/15 12:28 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Beer just doesn't work that well. Nothing I've found really works. Just make a bigger patch and let the slugs have their share.
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: 36fuckin5]
#21919906 - 07/09/15 12:53 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea. My patch is huge. They really fuck shit up though. Considering.it takes a few days for.fruits to really mature each nights worth.of.nibbles really does some damage. Not all is lost but would like to figure something out
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: DeadPhan] 1
#21919926 - 07/09/15 12:58 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Just drink the beer and go out when good and drunk and slug hunt. Spread salt around if it's pretty dry,
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: maddchef]
#21919993 - 07/09/15 01:22 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Diatomaceous earth will dry them out if you spread it around your patch. If you happen to get some.
I saw pics where someone flipped a foil casserole pan and cut little "doorways" on either end. Then they put dog food under it and the slugs were everywhere inside the pan.
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: Grey]
#21920047 - 07/09/15 01:42 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Copper works great if you have a confined area, i have long used it for growing weed outdoors Planning a woodlovers bed aswell just maybe 1sqm and completely fenced in with copper, i hope digging deeper and adding more nutrients that way i can still get a decent haul on a small area Its somewhat expensive, but you can buy thin and narrow sheets on a roll, perfect for building a fence the slimers cant pass
If you want to use beer, its optimal to bury the container for easiest access
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Re: beer to deter slugs outdoors. best method? [Re: thoraxx]
#21925301 - 07/10/15 04:36 PM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I had great success with beer. I used the dregs of home brew beer I usually would throw out which was high in yeast which I think attracts them even more.
They should be at ground level, and I would use plastic containers.
The copper works as there is a sort of electrical effect they experience, like if you touch metal foil off a metal filling in your teeth, the slugs get a similar horrible sensation. So I would guess the metal cans you use could have a similar effect.
The slugs will find it awkward to rise up the side of a empty tuna can and bend itself over the top, and if there is a sharp edge they will be further put off from entering. So having a golf ball hole style trap makes it easy for them to enter.
Copper foil can be got cheaply on ebay, the cheapest sellers are usually selling it for putting on guitars.
The only problem with beer is that its a powerful attraction for them. I came out once and it seemed like every slug for miles around had smelt it and there was a massive circle of slugs all heading for the beer. If they found other things on the way they might eat them too.
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