Fwd: You've Been Slimed

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> Thursday, May 4, 2006

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> Today's Daily Tip: You've Been Slimed

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> Does your garden get slimed all too often?

>

> The Bite:

> Slugs can be the bane of any gardener’s existence,

> wreaking havoc on

> your young plants shooting up in the spring. No big

> wonder that slug

> pellets and pesticides are so widely used. However,

> effective

> alternatives do exist.

>

>

> The Benefits:

> - A shockingly humane solution. Copper serves as a

> great barrier for

> slugs, giving them a small shock when they try to

> cross it. By using

> old pennies to create rings of copper surrounding

> your plants, you can

> have a natural, non-toxic, slug-free garden and get

> rid of your loose

> change.

> - Since slugs are most active in damp nighttime

> conditions, watering

> in the AM instead of the PM can reduce slug damage

> by 80%.

> - The coarse surface of lava rocks, gravel, and

> other rough materials

> irritates and deters slugs.

> - Beer traps can be effective (but only if you don’t

> drink all the

> beer).

>

(http://idealbite.com/tiplibrary/tip.php?tip=20050812 & title=Develop_a_Drinking_H\

abit_in_your_Slugs)

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>

> Personally Speaking

> Heather was a merciless, no-remorse slug-salt-killer

> in a previous

> life. She has some serious karmic debt to repay. Jen

> questions anyone

> who could watch a slug “turn inside out” and will no

> longer be letting

> Cricket go to Heather’s for unsupervised play dates.

>

>

> Wanna Try?

> - Planet Natural - adhesive-backed copper tape

> ($8/15 ft).

>

(http://www.planetnatural.com/site/snail-slug-copper-tape)

> - Hardware World - black lava rock ($4/7 lbs).

>

(http://www.hardwareworld.com/7lb-Bag-Lava-Rock-p38H122.aspx)

> - Bugs, Slugs, & Other Thugs: Controlling Garden

> Pests Organically -

> learn how to identify and control pests naturally in

> your garden

> ($10).

>

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>

> Bang for the Bite Rating: 4 Apples (out of 5)

> If 10,000 Biters each used 100 pennies to slug-proof

> plants, 5,511 lbs

> would be saved from under the couch cushions.

>

>

> Cocktail Tip

> Where do they go when they die? The average life of

> a penny is 25

> years.

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