Slug hunting

[Scott_S]

Been having alot of damage on plants, bark and leaves being eaten. Haven't been able to find any pests on them during the day so we tried at night, ugh. Some plants had up to 8 slugs eating on them. So now every couple of nights we go out and slug hunt, the plants are already looking better.

I had seen the slug issue mentioned here before but never thought too much of it, I will pay more attention now.

Scott

[Wegian]

Hello Scott and Julie!

While working on our lot, I left a roll of tape on the ground over night. The next day I picked up the roll of tape along with two of the largest slugs that I've ever seen. They were busy eating the cardboard center of the roll of tape. They quickly became two-dimensional.

Good luck with your new digs!

[Scott_S]

Hi Wegian, thanks. When are you and Nora coming out next? Don't forget to stop by for drink.

Take Care, Scott

[Carey]

Scott, slugs & those Giant snails do not like to cross copper.... so some scrap wire around some of your favorites may keep the buggers off....
When we moved we regularly harvested nightly, after a few months it was down to weekly, now it is twice monthly or so..., & on those slugoriffic moist mornings..... The joys of paradise!
There are slug & snail bait traps, but I don't think our snails would fit. Same for a pan of beer.... they're too tall ( & beer is too good to waste too much!) that I think they would just party in a tub-o-beer & not drown!)

[Nalu]

I've been using a great nontoxic product called, "Sluggo". It's active ingredient is iron phosphate so it's safe around people and pets. Whatever the slugs don't eat breaks down and makes your plants REALLY green. I use it in my strawberry patch. Within a day I see big dead slugs. A little goes a long way. I got it at Hilo Ace. Angela

[kani-lehua]

we pour salt on them.

malia paha o lohe aku

perhaps they will hear

[Fishboy]

I gotta tell you guys this one: A few years ago I had a meeting in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This place is so uninviting, the best view is from the airplane window when you're leaving. Anywho, I had a few hours to kill one rare afternoon of good weather so I drove up into the hills for the panorama. I stopped at a WWII bunker and saw a piece of plywood lying on the ground with a lethal looking nail sticking up. Just like that I stuck my toe under the board and flipped it over.
THERE WAS A SLUG UNDERNEATH![xx(]

Gotta admire their ability to survive.

Mahalo nui loa,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour

[quikdraw]

I try a variety of non toxic stuff depending on rain fall such as salt,sluggo brand.and diatomacious earth.