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Postby AuthorTony » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:58 am

Any remedies for keeping slugs away from my flowers? They're feasting on the potted plants on my deck. I don't want to use poisons as my dogs hang out in the same area.

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Postby mac5155 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:35 pm

I liked to pour salt on slugs when I was a kid.

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Postby Willie Kool » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:48 pm

Any remedies for keeping slugs away from my flowers? They're feasting on the potted plants on my deck. I don't want to use poisons as my dogs hang out in the same area.
1. Diatomaceous earth or copper strips - they can't cross over either
2. Pie pan of beer - they will drown in it
3. Get some toads

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Postby NTP66 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:49 pm

Source of the post Get some toads
Also works for mosquitoes.

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Postby Silentom » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:49 pm

toads are cool.

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:53 pm

toads are cool.
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Postby blackjack68 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:50 pm

Any remedies for keeping slugs away from my flowers? They're feasting on the potted plants on my deck. I don't want to use poisons as my dogs hang out in the same area.
1. Diatomaceous earth or copper strips - they can't cross over either
2. Pie pan of beer - they will drown in it
3. Get some toads
Yep, a saucer of beer will do it.

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Postby LITT » Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:55 pm

havent used beer, will try that.

ive used sluggo with good results. http://www.growslugfree.com/

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Postby mac5155 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:37 pm

Any remedies for keeping slugs away from my flowers? They're feasting on the potted plants on my deck. I don't want to use poisons as my dogs hang out in the same area.
1. Diatomaceous earth or copper strips - they can't cross over either
2. Pie pan of beer - they will drown in it
3. Get some toads
Food grade diatomaceous earth?

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:15 am

Japanese Beatles can die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. I fill a bag of them each day and they smell like **** for the next six days until the trash comes.
It's pretty wild how quickly they come out. We have two really nice Japanese Maples in the front of our house that get the sht eaten out of them every summer. Thankfully they stay mostly around the top leaves. I walk around just flicking them as hard as I can for personal satisfaction. Bonus points if they are in the act of mating.

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Postby CBear3 » Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:05 am

Japanese Beatles can die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. I fill a bag of them each day and they smell like **** for the next six days until the trash comes.
...Bonus points if they are in the act of mating.
When are they not? :scared:

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Postby Willie Kool » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:23 am

I walk around just flicking them as hard as I can for personal satisfaction.
I go all Orson Lannister on them...

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Postby genoscoif » Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:36 am

As first time homeowners (closed on our house this time last year) I gotta say that the instant gratification that comes with gardening/landscaping is so rewarding. We were in simple maintenance mode last year, but have been removing/replacing different areas since about April. The fact that you can completely change the look or function of an area in a weekend is the bees knees.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:40 am

I've slowly been tearing up outside landscaping that the former occupant kind of let go, to the point where there was no reusing it.

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Postby willeyeam » Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:02 pm

I've slowly been tearing up outside landscaping that the former occupant kind of let go, to the point where there was no reusing it.
Same, it's quite a task

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Postby shafnutz05 » Fri Jul 13, 2018 1:54 pm

I walk around just flicking them as hard as I can for personal satisfaction.
I go all Orson Lannister on them...

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That's a great pull :thumb: :lol:

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Postby tjand72 » Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:36 pm

Leveled my mower deck today. What a difference it makes.

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Postby NTP66 » Fri Aug 17, 2018 2:05 pm

This constant humidity and massive storms every other day has made mowing the lawn just awful over the past month. My grass is so hot that I'm pretty sure it's actually sweating, and my mower is having a hell of a time getting through some of the longer stuff.

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Postby mac5155 » Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:03 pm

Yeah, I've mowed twice since last Saturday. And it needs done again. I should have hit it early this morning. I'll try early tomorrow

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Postby NTP66 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:39 am

I thought I was outsmarting the weather on Friday by mowing early in the day. I went outside around 4pm and noticed that all of the humidity left, and it would have been 100x more pleasant to mow at that time. Just can't win!

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Postby skullman80 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:51 am

I powered through cutting the grass last night. Was way wetter than I thought. Caught my mower up a few times but got it done.
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Postby NTP66 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:53 am

The grass has been so wet that it's actually sticking to the underside of my mower deck, which it doesn't do 99% of the time. I'm definitely going to have to pressure wash the deck once the season ends.

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Postby skullman80 » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:53 am

The grass has been so wet that it's actually sticking to the underside of my mower deck, which it doesn't do 99% of the time. I'm definitely going to have to pressure wash the deck once the season ends.
Yeah that happened to me yesterday quite a bit.

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Postby Shyster » Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:50 pm

I strongly recommend removing any stuck grass immediately after a mowing session. I once let a bunch of wet grass stay on the underside of my mower deck, and the result a couple days later was an amazingly stinky collection of mold under the deck. It seriously stank like something died under there; I thought at first that some critter had crawled into a corner of my garage and croaked. I now take care after I mow to pull the plug wire, tip the mower, and remove any stuck grass with a brush.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:21 pm

I love having a riding tractor, but it is just such a pain in the ass to do anything like sharpen the blades, etc.

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