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Old Crank

(4,914 posts)
Mon Jun 3, 2024, 06:39 AM Jun 2024

Sluggish after the rains

From our dog walk. It has been raining a lot here. Short break and now it is raining again.
These guys seem to like it. Easier to catch these guys in 'action' than bees.



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Sluggish after the rains (Original Post) Old Crank Jun 2024 OP
Mr. Sluggo /nt bucolic_frolic Jun 2024 #1
Getting ready to go on a mollusk hunt this morning... MiHale Jun 2024 #2
Pass the salt EYESORE 9001 Jun 2024 #3
My Grammy hated slugs that would invade her flowerpots of precious begonia plants. She would Ziggysmom Jun 2024 #4

MiHale

(10,896 posts)
2. Getting ready to go on a mollusk hunt this morning...
Mon Jun 3, 2024, 06:47 AM
Jun 2024

Armed with a spray bottle of vinegar…blows ‘em up! Get outta my garden!

EYESORE 9001

(27,618 posts)
3. Pass the salt
Mon Jun 3, 2024, 07:56 AM
Jun 2024

Nah, I could never do that 😇
I just assembled a metal storage shed at my campsite, which took more than a single weekend. As I resumed work, I spied a big slug crawling on a metal panel I was getting ready to install. I didn’t have anything available to scoot it off, so I used my fingers, getting yellowish slime on the door as well as my fingers. Took a full day of repeated handwashing to get it off. No good deed goes unpunished.

Ziggysmom

(3,635 posts)
4. My Grammy hated slugs that would invade her flowerpots of precious begonia plants. She would
Tue Jun 4, 2024, 09:25 PM
Jun 2024

coat the outside rim of the flowerpot with Vaseline and then salt which would stick to the Vaseline. Sorta like a margarita glass, but deadly to slugs.

Love the pics

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