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Anyone know what a slug is?

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2004 Nov. - 2005 Jan.: Home and Garden (ARCHIVES): Anyone know what a slug is? users admin

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Or how to get rid of 'em? I have these totally slimy things that kinda act like a roly poly in our yard. They are ALMOST cute-with little eyes or antennae. But look really super slimy-like a wet mushroom slice.

Help! Yuck!

If anyone has a picture, that might be helpful so I know for sure what a slug looks like.

Thanks!

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julieboo, Try this website:

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7427.html

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Put out little dishes of beer! They drink and die!!!!!!!!

Salt kills them too, but I think they die happier with the beer.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Tex!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Are there any specifications for the dishes (of beer)? Isn't there also some type of thing you do with an orange?

Grandmato2
Member

07-16-2004

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have put out small saucers of beer and it does work. If you have to die, let's die happy.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yep, they don't need alot of beer!

Mak1
Member

08-12-2002

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Every day I find something new to love about TVCH. Today I learned how to kill slugs in a happy way. Gotta love that!! LOL!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is there a time of day I should put the beer saucers out? And how long do I leave 'em?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 2:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whenever you want to.
Till you don't see anymore live ones.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How deep does the saucer have to be?and/or how deep is too deep?

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julie, you are WAY overthinking this! LOL
just a little saucer, it could even be a plastic lid filled with beer.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Monday, October 25, 2004 - 9:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone know what a slug is?

A slug is something that makes your best friend scream bloody murder and jump straight up into her chair.

I invited best friend and her husband over for dinner. We grilled out on the back deck and sat around afterwards having some wine and chatting. All of a sudden she jumps up and starts screaming. It seems she had taken off her sandals and felt something under her foot. She just sat there talking and rubbing the thing under her foot when it dawned on her what she was doing. She was giving this poor slimy creature a massage!

I got cold chills just telling this story. Yuk!!!!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I came in from getting the morning paper this morning and had a slug on my knee. Freaked me out. It looked like a huge booger, meaning it was a verrrry small slug for the Pacific northwest. We have them ALL over up here.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I could be wrong, but a slug is basically a snail without a shell. Or, its in the snail family.

The beer works wonders, according to my botanist Mom. The salt works well too, but Mom only did it once. She said no matter how nasty and gross those critters are, watching it die by basically dissolving was horrid to see. She never did it again.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 11:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We have two empty lots nearby, one ajacent to our yard. For a long time they were unkempt or occasionally mowed by the highway department. Whenever they were mowed the slugs/snails took refuge in our yard, in our trees, on the fence, on the sidewalk, on the side of the house, etc. They ate every plant in the garden except the jalapenos <go figure>

We tried snail bait and it didn't even dent the population. We also had a two year old who liked to stomp on them. <this is not the recommended method of eradication> Go for the beer!

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Friday, November 05, 2004 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
they ARE totally disgusting. especially if you are barefoot and don't see them. yuck! just the thought of that makes me nauseous. done it before! they look like snails without shells to me.

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-21-2004

Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
DH, the certified Horticulturist (did I say he's certifiable?) says not to put salt down. . . it's not good for your plants. But the beer method works great - you could also put down diatomaceous earth - this is finely ground glass/shells that is harmless to humans but will cut to shreds insects and slugs. . .we use it in the kitchen sometimes to control ants. He said that Ortho has a "slug bait" that will take care of them too.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks!!!