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Originally Posted by nutronjon
Slugs. I have a 10 X 20 community garden spot and it is full of slugs. I don't dare put anything out until I get control of the slugs, and with all the land around my little plot I don't know how I can protect mine from slugs, slugs, slugs. I am using coffee and coffee grounds.
I am physcially and financially limited too and feel overwhelmed with the work ahead of me. I have a 3 pronged tool and figure I will sit on the ground and do my best to till the soil with it and pull weeds out. I would love to have large boxes off the ground filled with the excellent soil Rexius makes, but our kicker checks don't come soon enough.  |
Great to hear you are gardening inspite of the hurdles.
I think gardening is good therapy for both the body & the mind.
I found this eco friendly slug advice; it might work for you.
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Originally Posted by Idealbite
The Bite
If you have slugs in your garden, there is a natural, non-toxic, and easy way to reduce the population and prolong the life of the plants that slugs love to eat: lure them into beer traps and drown them. Slugs are attracted to beer for the combination of yeast and the carbonation (which isn't really all that different from the reasons why we are attracted to it). ...
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Ideal Bite - Natural Slug Control - Having a problem with slugs in your garden? Solve it by tapping into their innate drinking problem...
