Water Kefer as Chicken Food

[Guest guest]

Ever try baiting them? There is the old beer-in-a-bowl trick,

 Ever try sprinkling Boric Acid around? I haven't tried it myself,

but I do use it for ants and roaches and all those other yuckies

that gather round the plants in the way back yard. 

You can buy copper in sheets, slices, and most likely pellets.

My nurseryman husband used to fix his most valuable show 

plants with a band of copper around the planter. He specialized in

field plants, and had to have nice looking " mother " plants to show

salesmen. 

Pat in CA 

 

Re: Re: Water Kefer as Chicken Food

In a recent issue of Fine Gardening, (letters section) it was suggested that

people save their dryer lint, wind it into a " rope " and place it around

their hostas to deter slugs. According to the author, the slugs wouldn't

cross the fuzzy lint :-) I think this is an excellent idea, and plan to

try it next year. (Actually, I plan to use dog fur since I tend to line-dry

my clothes, so I don't have much lint, but lots of labrador fur). Hoping

that the suggestion might also help those who try to grow veggies in

slug-prone areas.

I have tried egg shells and Diatemaceous Earth to deter slugs, and Ma

arten

is right that rain deter ruins the effectiveness.

and the K9's

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> It does need a lot of egg shells. I " v tried this, and also coffee

> grounds and rough sand. All helps a little, but not won't keep away

> all slugs. Also, when sand or coffee grounds get wet, the defense get

> less strong. I had a huge plague this year and lost nearly all my

> herbs and vegetables to slugs. You could see seedlings being eaten day

> by day, and after a few days nothing left. That's the best case; in

> many cases nothing seemed to germinate at all.

>

[Guest guest]

http://www.gardensalive.com/Default.asp?bhcd2=1224298079

This web site had MANY good things to use in the garden, hime, yard and etc that

are not harmful.  We've used their slug stuff (can't remember the name), the IG

Regulator which takes care of fleas and roaches.  A friend of mine has used

their products on their orchard. 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Pat,

The trouble with slug bait (even the natural beer idea) is that the bait

attracts them from miles around - a bit like using a Japanese Beetle trap -

they catch lots, but on the way to the trap, they dine on YOUR

flowers/veggies. The trick is to give these traps to your neighbours {LOL}.

I'd love to try the copper idea. Where would you buy this? A hardware

store? Specialized mail-order nursery?

and the K9's

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Ever try baiting them? There is the old beer-in-a-bowl trick,

Ever try sprinkling Boric Acid around? I haven't tried it myself,

but I do use it for ants and roaches and all those other yuckies

that gather round the plants in the way back yard.

You can buy copper in sheets, slices, and most likely pellets.

My nurseryman husband used to fix his most valuable show

plants with a band of copper around the planter. He specialized in

field plants, and had to have nice looking " mother " plants to show

salesmen.

[Guest guest]

> That is a good idea: keep a slug in a terrarium (so the ducks can't

> eat it) and try it out with a copper ring! ( " Lord of the Rings " and

> " Gollum " keep coming to mind ...)

Oh, that's why it disappeared... ;-)

> problem is: will they eat the slugs faster than they eat the kale?

Well, the article told to put a simple fence (just a few sticks and a

string) round seedlings. Do they eat mature kale as well?

Maarten

[Guest guest]

The geese really prefer very small plants, and tend to leave

the big plants alone. Ducks are usually that way, not always.

Ducks tend to dig INTO the soil, which hurts the roots on

some plants (but they get baby slugs and buried eggs that way too).

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:31 PM, maartendeprez

<maarten.deprez@...> wrote:

> Well, the article told to put a simple fence (just a few sticks and a

> string) round seedlings. Do they eat mature kale as well?

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> Maarten

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