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canal winchester ohio

I'm looking for a good slug bait that would be safe to use with my dog in the yard. I know the eggshells idea but my dog is half beagle & half black&tan coon hound so he would track that down & be into it in no time at all.
Thanks.........Paul

5/5/2005 9:02:17 PM

Rockford,il

diamataceous earth is something to try.

5/5/2005 9:19:46 PM

Md/ Usa

why bother hostas are great slug bait.

5/5/2005 11:15:35 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

I usually use slug bait with the active ingredient "Methiocarb" or "Metaldehyd" but I understand they are rather harsh chemicals and not what you are looking for here.

But we also have available a product with the active ingredient "Iron-III-Phosphate" (Eisen-III-Phosphat) and it is declared as absolutely safe for humans and pets as the active ingredient is supposed to be something also occurring in nature. You might want to look for US products with this active ingredient.

Hope this helps.

Martin

5/6/2005 6:09:02 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Keep the slugs and get some Chickens :)

5/6/2005 11:44:32 AM

canal winchester ohio

Thanks for the info guys ( I wish I could have a few chickens Shannon). Matfox I do agree with you that Hosta's make great slug bait, but if I keep my wife a nice flower bed that she can get cut flowers from all summer it helps her put up with my obsession to grow giant pumpkins & 'maters.
I'm sure some of you can understand where I'm coming from.
Thanks again.....Paul

5/6/2005 12:35:48 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Bury some shallow dishes among the Hostas so the brim is just about even with the soil. Fill them with stale beer. Slugs like beer, stop to drink, fall in & drown.

If your dog is anything like our Boxer, the worst thing that'll happen is a swagger & beer/slug breath.

5/6/2005 10:12:13 PM

Montoursville, PA

I always use SLUGGO OR ESCARGO. Both work as good as any other bait and killer. Neither contain anything that will hurt the children, pets or patch. It costs more or less the same as the chemicals which may be undesirable. When it biodegrades it leaves you with a small amount of available nitrogen.

How it works: The slugs eat it and get a sick belly full. They stop eating and die of starvation.

The beer pan works too but SLUGGO AND ESCARGO work so good I no longer waste any beer. It is in pellet form. You apply it until it stops being eaten. You will see near perfect control, in one day or two. Slug damage is history, in my patch using this product.

5/8/2005 9:44:22 AM

New Brunswick

Thanks docpipe...now to see if that Sluggo stuff is available in this hick town...er country. (<: Trying to pry beer from hubby for slug bait, is like trying to stick hot butter up a wild cats a** with a hatpin. ROTFL

5/10/2005 10:06:36 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Hey, if they have it in Sequim, they'll have it in New Brunswick (wherever that is. . .)

5/11/2005 8:59:31 PM

Oz

I've been moving big stones,,,,,
the leapord slugs were huuuuuuuuuuge! ugh,,5IN!
Lay still long enough, and these things will munch on you!

5/15/2005 10:07:55 AM

Oz

butter,wild cats,hat pins,,,gets real lonley up thar eh?

5/15/2005 10:10:01 AM

addison Il

cut out sandpaper in a circle and suround the bottom of the plant right on top of the dirt keeps out weeds and slugs dont like sand or rough surfaces and best of all unlike powderds or sprays this trick lasts all summer it works for me and my hostas

5/20/2005 9:59:04 PM