Slugs
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Re: Slugs
Are the little blue things 'china berry' vine seeds, or slug bait of some kind? Where are the birds when you need them.
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Re: Slugs
This is some kind of iron based slug bait that kills them and doesn't harm other creatures. I did notice some minor slug damage and there were always a couple of them hiding under the mulch, but I had no idea... On several exposed places (near tall grass and perfect slug hideouts), they formed like 3 layers of dead snails/slugs. Bids don't eat them around here. I will have to get myself slug eating ducks to keep the place free of that slimy pest.
They managed to devastate my Arundo donax variegata (or is it peppermint stick - have no idea) completely. They never touched bamboo, but they seem to just love tender new Arundo shoots. And I've heard they are toxic and don't get bothered by pest.. Not really.
They managed to devastate my Arundo donax variegata (or is it peppermint stick - have no idea) completely. They never touched bamboo, but they seem to just love tender new Arundo shoots. And I've heard they are toxic and don't get bothered by pest.. Not really.
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Re: Slugs
I flicked one off the top of a bamboo shoot yesterday where it had drilled a hole and was happily feeding.
Brad Salmon, zone 12B Kea'au, HI
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Re: Slugs
There is an iron based product called 'sluggo' around here that works pretty well.