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[Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>]

When I mentioned to  Mollison that we had a slug problem, he told me:  
You don't have a slug problem mate, you've got a duck deficiency.


Scott Vlaun
Moose Pond Arts+Ecology
Design Solutions for a Sustainable Future

35 Moose Pond Road
Otisfield, Maine 04270
207-739-2409 Studio
207-890-4099 Cell


On May 8, 2006, at 2:21 AM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

> Saor Stetler wrote:
>
> > Slugs can be the bane of any gardener's existence, wreaking havoc on
> > your young plants shooting up in the spring. No big wonder that slug
> > pellets and pesticides are so widely used. However, effective
> > alternatives do exist.
>
> Increase organic matter/tilth/drainage in your garden beds and make  
> them
> tall and wide with deep ditches between them that extend below  
> existing grade.
>
> It may be that slugs prosper in poorly drained low tilth/low  
> organic matter soil.
> I never have problems with them anywhere in the 3 1/2 acres of  
> raised bed market gardens I manage.
>
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