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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: repelling slugs and snails
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 06:16:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 06:16:53 1986
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> > I am looking for a way of repelling slugs and snails from my garden
> > (in the SF Bay area).  Would planting a border of marigolds and garlic
> > work?  Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
> 
> If you have access to fireplace ashes, you can put a border of them a
> couple of inches wide around the plants you want to protect;  be
> careful about leaves touching the ground outside the border, and 
> similar stuff.  This works, but you have to reapply the ashes after
> rain or watering, so it's somewhat of a pain.

	Crunched-up eggshells have the same effect and don't wash away as 
quickly. You may have to resort to slug traps - bait shallow bowls with
beer or yeast and water, then just go out in the morning and throw
away the drowned critters.

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