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Mince Wobley

#1 May 18, 2008, 02:35:34 am

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I don't know exactly when this started, but my mom has a pepper plant in a pot and I just noticed there are a few dozens of tiny slugs on it, and they just stay on the earth eating rotten leaves and so, but I also found other two larger slugs (they're not big, they're about 1 and a half centimeters long) and I'm afraid they grow and become a real problem (such as eating my seedlings or me stepping or sitting on some of them).

So, how do I exterminate them? Will salt also kill the plants in the pots? Did you ever have any problem with mollusks or any other disgusting creature like them?

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Farren

#2 May 18, 2008, 03:19:09 am

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Don't slugs only hang around when its really damp and moist? I'd try to keep the area relatively dry.

put a sunlamp over the plants or something.

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Mince Wobley

#3 May 18, 2008, 03:25:26 am

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Maybe but won't the dryness kill the plant?

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#4 May 18, 2008, 03:29:53 am

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#5 May 18, 2008, 03:33:19 am

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on May 18, 2008, 03:25:26 am

Maybe but won't the dryness kill the plant?

I don't think so, you could probably look up somewhere on the net at what temperature you could keep the plants at without damaging them but still keep the slugs at bay.

Or you could just bombard everything with so much pesticide you can taste it.

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Aten

#6 May 18, 2008, 03:42:34 am

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Don't salt them, its a horrible way to die.

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The Beer Method - This is a kind hearted killers way of disposing of slugs, but it is pretty labor free. All you do is leave a shallow dish of beer out in the part of your garden where you are having a slug problem. The next morning, you will awake to either a very drunk raccoon or a dish filled with dead slugs. Your chances of finding a dish of dead slugs is higher, but a drunk raccoon is amusing in its own right.

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Mince Wobley

#7 May 18, 2008, 03:44:27 am

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Aten does that really work? Why would the slugs want to drink beer?

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#8 May 18, 2008, 03:48:34 am

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on May 18, 2008, 03:44:27 am

Aten does that really work? Why would the slugs want to drink beer?

it doesn't work. kaworu's not dead yet.

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Achiro

#9 May 18, 2008, 04:53:01 am

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I barely get any slugs around my house so I don't know, But in a unrelated story this reminded me of, I was at friends house and he had a slug ont he side of his garadge as long and wide as a large hotdog. He thought it would be funny to put it on a stick and try and toss it on me, I shiver thinking about it.
I don't think salt harms plant's but I would just try buying some slug and snail poison.

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HL

#10 May 18, 2008, 04:57:47 am

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on May 18, 2008, 03:44:27 am

Aten does that really work? Why would the slugs want to drink beer?

They drink it when they get thirsty, pass out from the alcohol, and drown.

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#11 May 18, 2008, 02:10:39 pm

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#12 May 18, 2008, 04:09:11 pm

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I'd totally try out the beer idea just for the hell of it. Then yes, we can burn them.

Also, why don't you just repot the plant, pick out any slugs, and move it away from the garden?

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Mince Wobley

#13 May 18, 2008, 06:18:25 pm

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Quote from: handsome lamb on May 18, 2008, 04:57:47 am

They drink it when they get thirsty, pass out from the alcohol, and drown.

But why would they drink alcohol, this is what I don't understand. It seems as if someone made them with that fatal design flaw on purpose.

Quote from: Juris on May 18, 2008, 04:09:11 pm

I'd totally try out the beer idea just for the hell of it. Then yes, we can burn them.

Also, why don't you just repot the plant, pick out any slugs, and move it away from the garden?

Because I don't have a garden! I think the plant or earth probably came with slug eggs and they hatched now.

Anyway, I'll wait for them to grow and I'll try the beer method.

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#14 May 18, 2008, 06:23:19 pm

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But why would they drink alcohol, this is what I don't understand. It seems as if someone made them with that fatal design flaw on purpose.

If you get thirsty, you tend to drink whatever you can find. Beer is still a liquid, sooo.

Just my guess.

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Achiro

#15 May 18, 2008, 06:52:53 pm

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This reminds me of a youtube video I once saw, has nothing to do with slugs, but snails. Thought it might be interesting to share with you all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWB_COSUXMw

Also there are some herbs (I forget what) that you can burn and use to get rid of snails and slugs, it seems the smoke irratates theres skin and senses and makes them leave. My aunt used it on her garden often i'm sorry that I don't remember what herbs they where if I do remember I'll be sure to PM you.

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#16 May 18, 2008, 09:49:55 pm

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That video will sicken/entertain me for the rest of the week.

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Achiro

#17 May 18, 2008, 10:00:34 pm

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Quote from: Juris on May 18, 2008, 09:49:55 pm

That video will sicken/entertain me for the rest of the week.

It's pretty awesome/disgusting eh? Imagine if they evolved and went after humans. Also I found sometihng that will make you puke as long as I'm ont he subject of mind controlling parasites.

PREPARE YOURSELF, grab a bucket or bag.

your skin will crawl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9bqt2OgFM

Yes those are living things coming out of it's body
Yes they control the grass hopper
No it's not the sickest thing ever.

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Mince Wobley

#18 May 21, 2008, 07:53:22 pm

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Maybe it is because today is a little hotter that the slugs are all gone now, thx GW

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