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[Lance Thornton <tlance@netdoor.com>]

I've read that statement in his book as well, but how does one convince 
the ducks to only eat the slugs but avoid eating the lettuce and other 
tasty vegetables?

-Lance


Scott Vlaun wrote:
> 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
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>
> 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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