{"id":6200,"date":"2010-04-19T23:01:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T06:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=6200"},"modified":"2010-04-19T23:01:59","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T06:01:59","slug":"slugs-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/19\/slugs-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"Slugs SUCK."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A month or so ago, I planted around a million plants.\u00c2\u00a0 The frost, the house renovation, and our limited budget had meant empty beds for awhile&#8230; so we carved off some cash and I spent a few afternoons planting.\u00c2\u00a0 It was really growing in and starting to look good.<\/p>\n<p>Then the petunias started looking not so good.\u00c2\u00a0 Holes.\u00c2\u00a0 And sticky leaves.\u00c2\u00a0 Like this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6199\" title=\"slug\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went out last night on the way to Treme.\u00c2\u00a0 A quick flashlight revealed what we&#8217;d suspected.<\/p>\n<p>SLUGS.<\/p>\n<p>I ran back inside and set up Abita bait.\u00c2\u00a0 Too good of a beer for these bastards, but hey, it was what we had on hand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6198\" title=\"slug (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cat lives up the street and is my frequent garden companion.\u00c2\u00a0 He was out when I set out the beer traps and around this morning when I tallied results.\u00c2\u00a0 I counted to roughly 110 slugs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6197\" title=\"slug (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-1.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/slug-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And still, there are more.<\/p>\n<p>I set up more traps tonight, though I&#8217;m not sure how long to keep this up.\u00c2\u00a0 I also put down coffee grounds (Paul will bring home more from our neighborhood coffee shop tomorrow morning).<\/p>\n<p>Anyone else have experience with getting rid of slugs?\u00c2\u00a0 What else can I do?\u00c2\u00a0 How long do I put out bait?\u00c2\u00a0 And is it cruel to sprinkle them with salt?\u00c2\u00a0 I can&#8217;t bring myself to do it, even after just going out there and seeing several big fat ones on the Petunias.\u00c2\u00a0 Gross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A month or so ago, I planted around a million plants.\u00c2\u00a0 The frost, the house renovation, and our limited budget had meant empty beds for awhile&#8230; so we carved off some cash and I spent a few afternoons planting.\u00c2\u00a0 It was really growing in and starting to look good. 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