If April showers bring May flowers, know what May showers bring?
Slugs and mushrooms.
The mushrooms we're assuming will go away once they get smacked with Idaho's NORMAL summer weather--hot & dry. The slugs we're trying to catch by putting little half-cans of beer in the garden. Everyone swears this works, but it still seems odd, or like the punchline to a joke about how to stop rednecks from stealing your tomatoes. But, we are willing to try anything.
Anyone know if slugs prefer regular or dark beer?
3 comments:
Well Toni, can't say that I have heard of using beer as a way of trapping/getting rid of slugs, lol. Although, a way you can kill them is to pour salt on them, dries them right up. Also, if you put a trail of salt just outside of your garden, slugs will at least not get into the veges or flowers! I learned this, growing up in the Seattle area from the time I was a little girl. Give it a try if the beer doesn't work. Have fun!
I've heard of the beer method, if it's any comfort. It works for both slugs and snails, of course.
Personally, I always have a few giggles over the thought of slugs and snails carousing in beer ;-)
We used this method when I was a kid. I don't know about preferences... we always got the *cheapest* beer.
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