[pbs] Build a Better Slug Trap
Judy Glattstein
jglatt at hughes.net
Tue Mar 13 09:35:17 EST 2007
I've found that slugs don't necessarily need micro-brew, import,
American, or even lie beer. They are attracted to water with a spoonful
of sugar and a pinch of yeast. Fermentation does it every time.
Another technique if you want to safely use Sluggo or similar products.
Birds and pets cannot get to the poison bait.
Take an empty 2-liter plastic soda bottle.
Cut it apart where the neck and shoulder flare out into a cylinder
Invert the top and insert into cylinder, creating a funnel-like effect
Staple together
Pour a couple of tablespoons of slug pellets into container and lay it
on its side in a slug-visited area
Slugs will be attracted to the scent of the pellets and slimily climb
their way in
Not being Nature's intellectual giants, the slugs cannot figure out how
to reverse direction and climb out
When the container has done it's job, pick it up and toss into the
trash. No fuss, no muss, no slime on your hands
Judy in New Jersey, where winter is on the wane
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