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Slugs
Topic Started: Feb 13 2015, 10:55 PM (170 Views)
solo	Feb 13 2015, 10:55 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Posts: 90 Group: Member Member #1,145 Joined: January 29, 2015	It's possible to see the good in many garden pests but there's absolutely nothing to be said for the slug. They just leave a trail of devastation wherever they go. How do you get rid of your slugs! Posted Image



Durgan	Feb 14 2015, 12:48 AM Post #2
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	One gets rid of slugs with great difficulty. They aer small and not too many in my area. I use the slug bait, whih ar small pellets, apparently harmless to pets. Beer in containers to attract and drown is also used. In damp areas like the Coast one needs a shotgun since they are so large. As far as I know they have no food value. Deep fried they might be palatable, but I never tried.



Trotsky	Feb 14 2015, 01:39 AM Post #3
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: For slugs I think it makes most sense to simply gut them and skip the whole purging process. To gut, kill the slug by chopping its head off, then simply squeeze out the entrails. The slug will shrink considerably, and you will get slime on your hands. How to cook them? Chopped up in a stew is a pretty good option, or roasted over the fire or chopped, marinated and saut�ed � experiment! Now it took me a lot of guts to post this because I am taking Bob out to a birthday lunch at THE PALM (the original old one) for a nice filet mignon and I hope by lunchtime I will have forgotten about slug fricassee. Edited by Trotsky, Feb 14 2015, 01:41 AM.



agate	Feb 14 2015, 03:30 AM Post #4
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Trotsky Feb 14 2015, 01:39 AM Quote: For slugs I think it makes most sense to simply gut them and skip the whole purging process. To gut, kill the slug by chopping its head off, then simply squeeze out the entrails. The slug will shrink considerably, and you will get slime on your hands. How to cook them? Chopped up in a stew is a pretty good option, or roasted over the fire or chopped, marinated and saut�ed � experiment! Now it took me a lot of guts to post this because I am taking Bob out to a birthday lunch at THE PALM (the original old one) for a nice filet mignon and I hope by lunchtime I will have forgotten about slug fricassee. You did it again trotsky laugh123 Thanks for the morning laugh bounce and jump045



agate	Feb 14 2015, 03:31 AM Post #5
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	durgan is right...here on the west coast they are HUGE. When I had a large garden I went out with a large kitchen knife and cut them in half...yucky!



Dana	Feb 14 2015, 06:32 AM Post #6
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	In my small garden garter snakes take care of the problem. One night last summer I went out to listen for rats ( a plague year for them). I had been trimming hedges and wanted to see if they still had a spot they were visiting. No rats but I did hear something and listened closely. I can only assume that it was the sound of a snake moving under the debris I had laying on the ground as a mulch. Everything was so dry that when the snake moved under the mulch it could be heard! Hard at work even in the night. This crummy image always makes me wonder whether the snake is aware of the slug and the reverse. Posted Image



agate	Feb 14 2015, 07:14 AM Post #7
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Wish I had some snakes around. Only once have I seen one in my little garden here in the Wack.



goldengal	Feb 14 2015, 07:57 AM Post #8
Mistress, House of Dogs Posts: 11,674 Group: Member Member #715 Joined: March 31, 2010	Dana ..... You take such wonderful pictures. Not that I like snakes, but you make that one look beautiful. Take care, Pat



Dana	Feb 14 2015, 10:32 AM Post #9
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Thanks GG. I just can't warm up to snakes but realize their niche in our environment and appreciate their predatory nature in the garden. Whenever we meet out there we both take off as fast as we can in opposite directions. Gradually I have learned to stand my ground and watch them turn tail and leave quickly.



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