I used to like snails, until I had an infestation of slugs in my garden

[CatWoman]

they were everywhere.

I used this stuff I got from the garden center, and all of the melting slugs made me retch.

I can't bear the thought of putting another snail in my mouth.

Delicacy be damned.

[EC]

1. I just put out a dish full of beer

they crawl in and drown...I can still eat snails and love them with lots of garlic...

[bleedingheart]

6. yeah...get em drunk and drown 'em...

[Ksec]

2. My daughter did a paper on the snail

A slug is a snail without the shell. And they are very interesting creatures, believe it or not.

I couldnt eat one either, no way.. Blech

[Delarage]

3. I never fixed my slug problem.

I did use a slug bait poison one time, but I didn't like the idea of it being around plants I would eat from.

I tried the beer-dish thing, but the slugs would gather around it but never really fall in and drown. Then I just had a bunch of drunken, rampaging slugs trashing the garden, playing loud music, and reducing the property values.

The best thing I could do was to go out at night and manually pick them off of my plants or the ground and "correct" them (as in The Shining) so that they would never bother me again.

But they are persistent and fertile little bastards.

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Ultimately, picking them off is the best solution

Beer dishes need to be sunken so that the rim is at ground level. The dish should be a least the depth of a pint size plastic container. That way the slugs slither in but can't slither out. There are effective covered beer traps that sit on the ground. We started using covered traps after the drunken field mouse incident.
;-)
We have noticed that with each additional year of our almost organic gardening the slug problem has diminished and the earthworm population is expanding.

[Zuni]

4. you put slugs in your mouth?

ewwww

[CatWoman]

7. I must admit I've eaten some weird shit in my day

when I lived in Europe, I was all about expanding my mind and trying new things.

[Zuni]

8. that is what Acid and orgies are for

leave the slugs on the ground. :o

[KittyWampus]

10. Zuni, Is That A Real Animal In Your Signature?

[Zuni]

11. yes, it is a Red Panda

I discovered these adorable creatures from a recent news article about a Japanese Red Panda that walks on it's hind legs!

[KittyWampus]

13. That Photo Looks Unreal... Must Now Go Investigate

:)

Fella looks like he's part fox, part panda and part chimp!

[Zuni]

15. That is what I said

part racoon, part fox and part bear cub in my words.

They are very cute

[CatWoman]

18. escargot is all the rage

and a select group of snails are breed in Europe just for consumption.

I had a party once. I had my best friends over, and I cooked everyone's favorite dish. My buddy, Linda, wanted snails infused with butter and garlic. Everyone loved it.

Mind you, they were all Americans.

[gardenista]

5. Did you know that snails are hermaphrodites, and each mating can

result in 100 eggs laid by each snail?

Don't know about slugs, but I bet it's a similar number.

Try to avoid the toxic bait and use "Sluggo", instead. It's iron phosphate, not toxic to pets and kids.

[KittyWampus]

9. And Shrimp Are Just Grubs From The Sea

:puke:

[Zuni]

12. and delicious crabs and lobster

eat garbage and poop and stuff. yuck. But I still eat them

[CatWoman]

16. actually,

they are related to the cockroach family.

[Zuni]

19. how appetizing

[sundog]

17. slugs are fucking gross

and they leave slime

x(

[name not needed]

20. HEZBOLLAH!!!

[CatWoman]

22. How you doing, you nutcase?

:hi:

[China_cat]

21. I worked in a restaurant once where I had to prepare

the escargot for cooking...garlic butter, snail, more garlic butter. Having a few of those things split in my hand did it for me. Totally green slime and disgusting.

[rasputin1952]

23. If you put plastic around the garden...

then put salt on the plastic...(making sure all slugs/snails/eggs are out of the garden first), the problem is solved. The plastic wrap prtoects the area around the garden from the effects of the salt, and slugs/snails will definately stay away...:)

Since slugs are true hermaphrodites...there is serious trouble if there are ANY in your garden...x(

[UTUSN]

24. I Have -- NOT -- Been in Your Garden

but try low-rim containers of beer set on the ground. The little critters will slurp it all down and drown. Actually, I've got lots of that, so I'll be right over! :loveya:

[CatWoman]

26. I'm still waiting!!!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[swag]

25. The orgy of slimy death

around the dahlia beds is always something to behold.

[CatWoman]

27. I'm so proud of my dahlias

they are coming up nicely, however, I see evidence of chewing on the leaves.

I dusted them with Sevin dust yesterday, and now the rain is washing it off.

Have to reapply after the rain stops.

[bicentennial_baby]

28. Beer does the trick

They drink it, and fall in, drowning and problem solved!

[DemGirl7]

29. I have cute water snail for a pet

got it about 3 months ago, me and my mom have named it slimy. I find it just fun to watch it slime around the aquarium.