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 hobowizard
growling grower
Registered: 05/16/15
Posts: 43
Loc: Baltic region
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 Slugs & Snails 
#778966 - 05/16/15 05:27 AM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hello, I was wondering how many of you have had problems with these awful hermaphrodite creatures. I kinda have this problem now, I'm not sure though, because I haven't seen my plants in a week or so (but I heard from a fellow of mine who said my plants are growing really fast (like 20-30cms in 5 days and they are now half a meter and around 20-25 days old). Anyway, I've noticed before leaving that there was a lot of them (snails) so I was picking them and throwing away, far away, but I bet they are eating my plants while we speak. The essential question - does coffee grounds work? I've heard that these creautres really like them and when they eat it, they get heart atack and simply die.
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Hawksresurrection
Registered: 12/04/08
Posts: 13,464
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 Re: Slugs & Snails [Re: hobowizard]
#779054 - 05/17/15 08:57 AM (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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They sell slug bait, just make a line around your plants. Not difficult
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Dude she isn't as young as she use to be.
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 budgrowerwannabe
Bum fighter
Registered: 01/28/12
Posts: 3,360
Last seen: 4 years, 5 months
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If you cant find slug bait use beer. they love it . put in a cup and they fall in and die.
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hobowizard
growling grower
Registered: 05/16/15
Posts: 43
Loc: Baltic region
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Anywway, I've put the coffee grounds all around the plant, checked it next day and saw many slugs and snails dead. Works!
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BudG
Stranger
Registered: 04/26/15
Posts: 3
Last seen: 10 years, 7 months
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Re: Slugs & Snails [Re: hobowizard]
#788150 - 08/02/15 02:59 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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just buy slug bait at walmart
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oeric mckenna
Pure Indica
Registered: 07/18/14
Posts: 758
Loc: Mars
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Re: Slugs & Snails [Re: BudG]
#788248 - 08/03/15 02:07 PM (10 years, 9 months ago) |
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I had snails reduce a couple of my outdoor babies to sticks in the ground earlier in the season...
Fun times
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Krevgin
Farmer
Registered: 12/11/15
Posts: 4
Loc: NorCal
Last seen: 10 years, 4 months
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Re: Slugs & Snails [Re: hobowizard]
#801021 - 12/11/15 01:09 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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It seems like you have already gotten some good answers.
Slug bait is of course a given, but if you want to go free and organic I suggest Coffee grounds like several other people have, but also try some egg shells just crumble them up and either boil them or bake them on a cookie sheet for a few minutes. Slugs and snails hate to crawl across them. As an added bonus the Grounds are a nice nitrogen supplement, and the eggshells may give you some bonus Calcium.
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