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Beginner Gardening: Slug and Snail problem, 1 by wildredmater

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wildredmater wrote:
Beer works better than toxic bait for slugs. I take a small plastic water bottle (1/2 liter) and cut two big drawbridges on either side. In the middle, I leave a small swimming pool of beer. I leave out the trap after weighing down the drawbridges with a bit of dirt. The trap is set at night and the next morning, the trap is FULL of snails. First night, you should find 40-50 snails in the trap. Every subsequent night, you should find less snails/slugs in the trap until there are no more after 2 weeks or so. If you have chickens, they love eating those slugs.

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